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The Never Ending Feast

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Author : Kaori O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-02-26

The Never Ending Feast written by Kaori O'Connor and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-26 with Social Science categories.

Feast! Throughout human history, and in all parts of the world, feasts have been at the heart of life. The great museums of the world are full of the remains of countless ghostly feasts – dishes that once bore rich meats, pitchers used to pour choice wines, tall jars that held beer sipped through long straws of gold and lapis, immense cauldrons from which hundreds of people could be served. Why were feasts so important, and is there more to feasting than abundance and enjoyment? The Never-Ending Feast is a pioneering work that draws on anthropology, archaeology and history to look at the dynamics of feasting among the great societies of antiquity renowned for their magnificence and might. Reflecting new directions in academic study, the focus shifts beyond the medieval and early modern periods in Western Europe, eastwards to Mesopotamia, Assyria and Achaemenid Persia, early Greece, the Mongol Empire, Shang China and Heian Japan. The past speaks through texts and artefacts. We see how feasts were the primary arena for displays of hierarchy, status and power; a stage upon which loyalties and alliances were negotiated; the occasion for the mobilization and distribution of resources, a means of pleasing the gods, and the place where identities were created, consolidated – and destroyed. The Never-Ending Feast transforms our understanding of feasting past and present, revitalising the fields of anthropology, archaeology, history, museum studies, material culture and food studies, for all of which it is essential reading.

Hymns For The Feasts

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Author : William Bramley-Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878

Hymns For The Feasts written by William Bramley-Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Hymns, English categories.

On And Off Duty A Monthly Journal For Policemen

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Author : International Christian police association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888

On And Off Duty A Monthly Journal For Policemen written by International Christian police association and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with categories.

In Prospect Of Sunday

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Author : George Seaton Bowes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880

In Prospect Of Sunday written by George Seaton Bowes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Christian life categories.

Dick S Stump Speeches And Minstrel Jokes

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Author : William Brisbane Dick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889

Dick S Stump Speeches And Minstrel Jokes written by William Brisbane Dick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Dialogues categories.

The English Translation

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Author : Thomas (bp. of Marga)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893

The English Translation written by Thomas (bp. of Marga) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Nestorian Church categories.

History of the monastery of Bêth Âbhê and of Nestorianism for three centuries.