Feasts and gifts: sharing food in the middle ages |
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| Authors: | Lars Kj r,A.J. Watson |
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| Affiliation: | a Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Storeys Way, Cambridge CB3 0DG, UK;b Darwin College, Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EU, UK |
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| Abstract: | This essay introduces a special issue of the Journal of Medieval History on feasting and gifts of food from the early middle ages through to the early modern period. It discusses the tensions between hierarchy and community, largesse and luxury in the feast, and the continued importance of communal eating throughout the medieval period. |
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| Keywords: | Feasts Gifts of food Rituals |
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