Isbn: 9789052017525 - the King Invites: Performing Power at a Courtly Dining Table: 2 (l’europe Alimentaire / European Food Issues / Europa Alimentaria / L’europa Alimentare) (12 results)

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book was awarded the «Joop Witteveenprijs 2012». In the aftermath of the French Revolution, the role of the monarchy in Western Europe was redefined. Together with the absolutist sovereigns, the historian's interest in courts and court life in the nineteenth century seems to have vanished. This book investigates what happened to the institution of the monarchy in the nineteenth century. More specifically, it examines whether the nineteenth-century Belgian monarchs can be described as influential, or even powerful. The volume also deals with another hiatus in history writing, namely food at nineteenth-century courts. The author addresses these two issues by examining the Belgian king and queen's dinner guests, as well as the food that was served at the palace. She considers questions such as who was invited, who got to share a table, how did the guest lists evolve over time, was the food adjusted according to the guests and how did the food evolve A social network analysis of the dinner guests and a qualitative analysis of the court food are used as tools to tackle these questions. In this way, this book deals with issues that touch upon the very core of society's development: power, hierarchies, status, imitation, segregation and distinction.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The King Invites | Performing Power at a Courtly Dining Table | Daniëlle De Vooght | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Französisch | 2018 | Peter Lang Publishing | EAN 9789052017525 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Kolibri 360 GmbH, Ettore-Bugatti-Str. 6-14, 51149 Köln, produktsicherheit[at]kolibri360[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book was awarded the «Joop Witteveenprijs 2012». In the aftermath of the French Revolution, the role of the monarchy in Western Europe was redefined. Together with the absolutist sovereigns, the historian's interest in courts and court life in the nineteenth century seems to have vanished. This book investigates what happened to the institution of the monarchy in the nineteenth century. More specifically, it examines whether the nineteenth-century Belgian monarchs can be described as influential, or even powerful. The volume also deals with another hiatus in history writing, namely food at nineteenth-century courts. The author addresses these two issues by examining the Belgian king and queen's dinner guests, as well as the food that was served at the palace. She considers questions such as who was invited, who got to share a table, how did the guest lists evolve over time, was the food adjusted according to the guests and how did the food evolve A social network analysis of the dinner guests and a qualitative analysis of the court food are used as tools to tackle these questions. In this way, this book deals with issues that touch upon the very core of society's development: power, hierarchies, status, imitation, segregation and distinction. 285 pp. Englisch.…