Convivium
Convivium ( Latin plural convivia , in German also convivia , table company, banquet) referred to a banquet of the Roman aristocracy in the Roman Empire .
Convivia were characterized by exuberant extravagance and debauchery and a maximum expenditure of epicurean of specialties and were accompanied by demonstrative destruction of valuable goods and sexual excesses.
In addition to exuberant joie de vivre, these feasts offered an opportunity to organize social life. On the one hand, public opinion was formed here, and on the other, the structures of the social hierarchy, such as those shaped by the seating arrangement, for example.
The Middle Ages also knew secular ( convivia saecularia, or convivia laicorum ), as well as spiritual ( convivia in refectorio ) or convivia with the participation of both clergy and lay people. The upper class held convivia as part of the court ceremony , which sealed coronations and alliances, strengthened friendships, sealed them or concluded a contract. Both secular and spiritual convivia soon succumbed to criticism of excess, were accused of conspiracy and were subject to prohibitions, as the fate of the Kalande shows .
In the 18th century was in the students language a Kneip evening called on a student's room as Convivium.
The term was given a linguistic and meaningful abrasion as a confection . In Low German, this means a personal meeting of two or - to a limited extent - several people who exchange confidential information in a conversation. The "Together speeches" on a Konfiefchen is as chatting or köddern referred.
The international association Slow Food has chosen the term convivium for its local groups. These local groups are the heart of the association. There the members put the Slow Food philosophy into practice. They meet regularly, enjoy socializing, build contacts between producers, cooks, traders and consumers and promote the preservation of local food, cuisine and eating culture through events and projects. There are around 85 convivia in Germany. The association has around 1,500 convivia in 150 countries worldwide.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dirk Schnurbusch: Convivium. Form and meaning of aristocratic sociability in Roman antiquity . 2011, ISBN 3-515-09860-7 .
- ^ Friedrich Kluge : German student language . Trübner, Strasbourg 1895 (new edition: Student History Association of the Coburg Convent, Nuremberg 1984–1985), p. 168.
- ↑ Confectionery in the dictionary of the NDR
- ↑ www.slowfood.de
- ↑ www.slowfood.com