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

Even centuries later, to read accounts of late mediaeval banquets is to enter a fantastic world where gilded stags burst into song, the Holy Church may suddenly appear to beg aid from the assembled nobles, and four and twenty musicians play within a pie. This book brings together the understudied ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Normore, Christina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: setting the table
  • Between the dishes
  • Spectator-spectacle
  • Efficacy and hypocrisy
  • Dining well
  • Stranger at the table
  • Wedding reception.