Creating Community with Food and Drink in Merovingian Gaul

by Bonnie Effros

Creating Community with Food and Drink in Merovingian Gaul exposes the manner in which feasting and fasting, in other words, ritualized actions not performed solely for the purpose of nourishment, were central to social interaction in Gaul both prior and subsequent to Christianization of the mixed population of Franks and Gallo-Romans. In exploring these issues using a multidisciplinary methodology, Effros suggests that scholars may assess historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312227361
• ISBN13: 9780312227364
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"