The Banquet: Dining in the Great Courts of Late Renaissance Europe

by Ken Albala

Book Overview

The importance of the banquet in the late Renaissance is impossible to overlook. Banquets showcased a host's wealth and power, provided an occasion for nobles from distant places to gather together, and even served as a form of political propaganda. But what was it really like to cater to the tastes and habits of high society at the banquets of nobles, royalty, and popes? What did they eat and how did they eat it?

In The Banquet, Ken Albala...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252031334
• ISBN13: 9780252031335
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"