1. This CARW2023 cache will be published about 6pm on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
2. This cache has been placed for the CARW event with the intention that it not be located prior to 9:00 a.m. Saturday March 4, 2023. The caches for the CARW event are released early so that the geocaching community has an opportunity to plan their routes and strategies prior to the event start.
3. Should you hunt and find this cache before the event start, it will not count for the event, and FTF points are only valid as of 9AM March 4th.
Medieval Banquets
During the high medieval times, Europe came into contact with the Islamic East through the Crusades.
This contact with alien culture sparked a new interest in exotic and beautiful objects and elegant manners and had a deep impact on the cultural life of Europe.
Just like every other domain of life, the new manners also impacted eating habits and gave rise to medieval banquets.
Medieval banquets and medieval feasts were very similar celebrations and both involved plenty of eating, drinking and celebration, however, medieval banquets were generally considered to be more formal, important meetings of
large groups of important people that marked very significant events.
Feasts where more common informal celebrations of lesser events such as birthdays, with the emphasis on eating and drinking and having a good time!
Banquets were elaborate and formal meals for many people and were commonly celebrations of important occasions. Commonly held to celebrate important events and were usually formal affairs that followed a set protocol.
Banquets were commonly given in honour of a special occasion such as an important ecclesiastical feast day, like the Christian holiday of Pentecost which is celebrated on the 50th day from Easter Sunday, and New Year which is celebrated at the end of each year.
Other Important events such as the coronation of a newly crowned king, the visitation of a very important foreign dignitary, the celebration of a newly knighted Squire, or following an important tournament were also worthy reasons for a medieval banquet to be arranged.
In the upper classes of medieval society, it became a norm to arrange grand banquets with an extensive choice of foods available, it was customary to have as much variety as possible on the table.
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