Marriage

The types of banquet in a medieval wedding

There are various types of banquet which usually are used for the wedding. Must think well and choose the type that best fits the needs of the spouses, such as:

  • lunch or dinner Traditional with tables and chairs and assigned a table service of waiters;
  • banquet faster with a large buffet table for appetizers and hors d'oeuvres; tables and chairs set up but not assigned (where there are many invited): one or two first sitting at the table: one or two seconds by a sorbet and finally back to a big buffet dessert table;
  • buffet in feet, ideal for those who decide to get married in a time slot between the 15.00 e the 16.00. Solution decidedly informal, like it especially to young couples who usually also organize a dance party at the conclusion of the festival.

Banchetto medievale: tavolo degli sposi

Now, what is important in a marriage medieval / Renaissance, is not the type of banquet, but what there is on the banquet, the food and decorations. We can either opt for the more informal banquet without seats, tipo self-service, for both the served at the table. I would opt for the latter because at that time the easement was always present, was synonymous with wealth of the owner of the house.

For decorations you choose ivy instead of flowers to be placed on the tables, tapestries with coats of arms and symbols of families on the walls, torches and candles. For those ancient cutlery, goblets of metal , dark wood or porcelain very elaborate and trays of clay for meats.

Restaurants usually do not offer this kind of crockery and cutlery, as well as do not have this kind of decorations, that's why you should rely on a catering expert in medieval cuisine, or similar. We should rent a room you can decorate to your liking, and if you have the availability all this can be organized at home, in your own garden. The banquet, if we are in summer, you can do it in the evening outdoors, perhaps under a gazebo, in winter, it is important to book a room to use as a medieval room.

 

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