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Author:

Normore, Christina, author.

Title:

A feast for the eyes : art, performance, and the late medieval banquet / Christina Normore.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Fasts and feasts--Europe--History--14th century.
Fasts and feasts--Europe--History--15th century.
Dinners and dining--Europe--History--14th century.
Dinners and dining--Europe--History--15th century.
Entremés--History--14th century.
Entremés--History--15th century.
Europe--Social life and customs--Social life and customs--14th century.
Europe--Social life and customs--Social life and customs--15th century.
Fasts and feasts in art.
Dinners and dining in art.
Courts and courtiers--Social life and customs.
Dinners and dining.
Dinners and dining in art.
Entremés.
Fasts and feasts.
Fasts and feasts in art.
Europe.
1300 - 1499
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: setting the table -- Between the dishes -- Spectator-spectacle -- Efficacy and hypocrisy -- Dining well -- Stranger at the table -- Wedding reception.

ISBN:

022624220X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226242200 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)883305110

LCCN:

2014026574

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)