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Author Frentrop, Lara

Title The Art of Dining in Medieval Byzantium
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (189 p.)
Series Studies in Byzantine Cultural History Series
Studies in Byzantine Cultural History Series
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 A Taste for Novelty -- 2 The Theatre of Dining: Splendour and Performance -- 3 Word, Image and Intellect: Rhetoric and Display at Table -- 4 Bad Taste -- 5 Manly Men, Heroic Hunters -- 6 The Display of Triumph: or: How a Plate Can Make You Powerful -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Food habits -- Byzantine Empire -- History
Dinners and dining -- Byzantine Empire -- History
Gastronomy -- Byzantine Empire -- History
SUBJECT Byzantine Empire -- Social life and customs
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000997262
100099726X