Abstract
The royal court of Charlemagne was the center of gravity for Frankish political culture in the late eighth and early ninth centuries. Borrowing concepts from anthropology aimed at understanding the cultural meanings of food practices, this paper addresses the sense of community the king and his courtiers fostered. A study of the eating habits of the court, including who was present, what they ate, the sources of food, and abstinence from eating, reveals the Christian and aristocratic, and even masculine, nature of that community identity.
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