Carnival in the Netherlands coming years are: Traditionally a Carnaval feast was the last opportunity to eat well before the time of food shortage at the end of the winter during which one was limited to the minimum necessary. On what nowadays is called "vastenavond" (the days before fasting) all the remaining winter stores of lard, butter and meat which were left would be eaten, for it would soon start to rot and decay. The selected livestock had in fact already been slaughtered in November and the meat would be no longer preservable. All the food that had survived the winter had to be
The Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain each volume more suitable for sale on its own. A hardback edition of the cultural history was also produced by CUP and sold through The Folio Society. Vol. 1. "Prehistoric, Roman and Early Medieval" ("Early Britain") Vol. 2. "The Middle Ages" ("Medieval Britain") Vol. 3. "Renaissance & Reformation" ("16th Century Britain") Vol. 4. "The Seventeenth Century" ("17th Century Britain") Vol. 5. "The Augustan Age" ("18th Century Britain") Vol. 6. "Romantics to Early Victorians" ("The Romantic Age in Britain") Vol. 7. "The Later Victorian Age" ("Victorian Britain") Vol. 8. "The Edwardian Age and the Inter-War Years" ("Early 20th Century Britain") Vol.