This title exposes the manner in which feasting and fasting, in other words, ritualized actions not performed solely for the purpose of nourishment, were centra... » 

This title exposes the manner in which feasting and fasting, in other words, ritualized actions not performed solely for the purpose of nourishment, were central to social interaction in Gaul both prior and subsequent to Christianization of the mixed population of Franks and Gallo Romans. «