Creating community with food and drink in Merovingian Gaul /
[Book]
Bonnie Efros.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2002.
xviii, 174 pages ;
21 cm
New Middle Ages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-167) and index.
Introduction -- The Ritual Significance of Feasting in the Formation of Christian Community -- Food, Drink, and the Expression of Clerical Identity -- Gender and Authority: Feasting and Fasting in Early Medieval Monasteries for Women -- Food as a Source of Healing and Power -- Funerary Feasting in Merovingian Gaul and Neighboring Regions.