The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe
(Part of the The Food Series Series)
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The importance of the banquet in the late Renaissance is impossible to overlook. Banquets showcased a host's wealth and power, provided an occasion for nobles from distant places to gather together, and even served as a form of political propaganda. But what was it really like to cater to the tastes and habits of high society at the banquets of nobles, royalty, and popes? What did they eat and how did they eat it? In The Banquet, Ken Albala...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0252031334
ISBN13:9780252031335
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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