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Food-growing gardens first appeared in early medieval cities during a period of major social, economic, and political change in the Italian peninsula, and they quickly took on a critical role in city life. The popularity of urban gardens in the medieval city during this period has conventionally been understood as a sign of decline in the post-Roman world, signalling a move towards a subsistence economy. Caroline Goodson challenges this interpretation, demonstrating how urban gardens came to perform essential roles not only in the economy, but also in cultural, religious, and political developments in the emerging early medieval world. Observing changes in how people interacted with each other and their environments from the level of individual households to their neighbourhoods, and the wider countryside, Goodson draws on documentary, archival, and archaeological evidence to reveal how urban gardening reconfigured Roman ideas and economic structures into new, medieval values.

Urban gardens --- Food supply --- Cities and towns, Medieval --- City and town life --- History --- Italy --- Social life and customs --- City life --- Town life --- Urban life --- Sociology, Urban --- Food control --- Produce trade --- Agriculture --- Food security --- Single cell proteins --- City gardens --- Gardens --- Ciudades medievales --- Alimentos --- Historia --- Italia --- Víveres --- Alimento --- Comestibles --- Ingeniería alimenticia --- Productos alimenticios --- Tecnología alimenticia --- Economía doméstica --- Cenas --- Mesa --- Regímenes alimentarios --- Digestión --- Aromatizantes --- Algas (Alimento) --- Productos agrícolas --- Plantas comestibles --- Mariscos --- Hortalizas --- Frutas --- Condimentos --- Cereales --- Gastronomía --- Bromatología --- Alimentación --- Cocina --- Pueblos medievales --- Bastiones --- Construcciones fortificadas --- Plazas fortificadas --- Poblaciones fortificadas