Creating Community with Food and Drink in Merovingian Gaul - Couverture rigide

Effros, B.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312227361 ISBN 13 : 9780312227364

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

Creating Community with Food and Drink in Merovingian Gaul exposes the manner in which feasting and fasting, in other words, ritualized actions not performed solely for the purpose of nourishment, were central to social interaction in Gaul both prior and subsequent to Christianization of the mixed population of Franks and Gallo-Romans. In exploring these issues using a multidisciplinary methodology, Effros suggests that scholars may assess historical manifestations of the use of food and drink to create and reinforce the social hierarchy. Effros addresses the tensions between monastic and lay communities and focuses on patronage through food and drink as a source of informal power, a subject too often overlooked in favour of institutional structures more familiar to twentieth-century historians.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

BONNIE EFFROS is Assistant Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312227361
• ISBN 13: 9780312227364
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Koei Tecmo; https://plaion.com/; ; Embracer Platz 1; H�fen; 6604; Autriche