The King Invites : Performing Power at a Courtly Dining Table (L'Europe alimentaire / European Food Issues / Europa alimentaria / L'Europa alimentare 2) (2011. 285 S. 220 mm)

Investigates what happened to the institution of the monarchy in the nineteenth century. This title examines whether the nineteenth-century Belgian monarchs can be described as influential, or even powerful. It deals with issues that touch upon the core of society's development: power, hierarchies, status, imitation, segregation and distinction.