Feasts and gifts: sharing food in the middle ages

Kjær, Lars and Watson, A.J. (2011) Feasts and gifts: sharing food in the middle ages. Journal of Medieval History, 37 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0304-4181

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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