Effros, Bonnie
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Hardcover
Edition: New Middle Ages
256 pages
Published: 2002
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN / EAN: 0312227361
Feasting and fasting rituals were a central facet of social interaction in early medieval Gaul. While priests condemned blatantly pagan celebrations, they could not eliminate the powerful networks sustained by food and drink rituals. Accommodation of exis