In this handy guide, medieval historians Daniel Diehl and Mark Donnelly provide ideas and instructions for planning an authentic medieval celebration, complete with guidelines on proper table manners, lyrics and music for festive songs and dances, rules for games, plans for decorating the dining hall, food and drink recipes, and period costume patterns. Specific information is offered for holiday celebrations and wedding services and receptions.
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Detailed steps for re-creating an accurate medieval celebration Including ideas for activities at Christmas, Easter, weddings, and parties.
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Mark Donnelly has collaborated with Dan Diehl on 11 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.
Daniel Diehl lives in Pennsylvania and has collaborated with Mark Donnelly on 11 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.
Daniel Diehl lives in Pennsylvania and has collaborated with Mark Donnelly on 11 books and more than 100 hours of documentary television, including programs for the Discovery, History, and Biography channels.
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56 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
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So-So Information for Event Planning,
By Sharon E. Cathcart "Why, yes, I am an author" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)
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This review is from: Medieval Celebrations: How to Plan Holidays, Weddings, and Feasts with Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games (Paperback)
My fiance and I purchased this book as we are planning a medieval wedding. The title and description of this book implied that we would find lots of valuable information on that topic. Well, we found lots of valuable information for feast planning, or putting on a re-enactment (a la Society for Creative Anachronism), and very little concerning period wedding traditions. The most interesting parts were the recipes/redactions and the instructions for medieval dance steps. There are also several pages that contain sheet music for period songs. If you are looking to put on a reenactment or feast, this is the book for you. If you are looking for anything else, I suggest you look elsewhere.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Resource,
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This review is from: Medieval Celebrations: How to Plan Holidays, Weddings, and Feasts with Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games (Paperback)
This book is full of great ideas, recipes, clothing, dances and more.I used this as a guide to plan a medieval birthday party and it was fantastic! I would highly recommend this book.
24 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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Planning a medieval Party?,
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This review is from: Medieval Celebrations: How to Plan Holidays, Weddings, and Feasts with Recipes, Customs, Costumes, Decorations, Songs, Dances, and Games (Paperback)
If you are planning a Medieval Celebration of any kind this is a great book to buy. My Fiancee and I have been looking for medieval books to plan our wedding by and I stumbled across this one its been very helpful and I'm sure it will get alot of use. It has many tradations recipes and lots of fun games a must have.
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The popularity of recreating medieval celebrations has been encouraged and promoted by the Christmas madrigal dinners hosted by many civic and church organizations across the United States, England, and Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
short cotehardie, recreated feast, saut majeur, grand subtlety, medieval event, medieval feast, main illustration, feast hall, medieval banquet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Holy Spirit, Robyn Hode, Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books, Twelfth Night, Christmas Eve, Ember Days, Jesus Christ, Shrove Tuesday, The Medieval Cookbook, United States, Boy Bishop, Fabulous Feasts, God the Father, May Day, Robin Hood, Amen Priest, Ash Wednesday, Edward the Confessor, Feast of the Holy Innocents, Lamb of God, Saint George New!
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The popularity of recreating medieval celebrations has been encouraged and promoted by the Christmas madrigal dinners hosted by many civic and church organizations across the United States, England, and Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
short cotehardie, recreated feast, saut majeur, grand subtlety, medieval event, medieval feast, main illustration, feast hall, medieval banquet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Holy Spirit, Robyn Hode, Two Fifteenth Century Cookery Books, Twelfth Night, Christmas Eve, Ember Days, Jesus Christ, Shrove Tuesday, The Medieval Cookbook, United States, Boy Bishop, Fabulous Feasts, God the Father, May Day, Robin Hood, Amen Priest, Ash Wednesday, Edward the Confessor, Feast of the Holy Innocents, Lamb of God, Saint George New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art) by James Laver in Back Matter
- The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie Black in Back Matter
- Women in the Middle Ages by Joseph Gies in Back Matter
- Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England by Compton Reeves in Back Matter
- Historic Costume in Pictures (Dover Fashion and Costumes) by Braun & Schneider in Back Matter
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