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The wedding of Adam of Schwarzenberg and Margareta of Pallant in 1613
 MICHŇOVÁ, Nikola
The central topic of the presented bachelor theses is the wedding of Adam of Schwarzenberg and Margareta of Pallant. The main attention has been paid to the wedding celebration crowned with a magnificent feast as an important means of representation of the newly wedded couple. The main aim of the theses was to reconstruct the wedding celebration and to interpret its symbolic significance. The these also focus on the catering for the wedding, the equipment and decoration of the banquetting halls as well as of the kitchen area and on the variety of the meals that appeared on the wedding menu. Furthermore, the theses pay attention to the servants and kitchen staff who were involved in the preparation and in the whole process of the celebration as were as to the noble guests who also took part in the wedding. The presence of such guests played an important role in the self-presentation of the newly wedded couple as it expressed its social status in the similar way as the wedding feast. The material culture of the wedding celebration as well as the composition of the wedding menu crowned with an impressive wedding cake had their symbolic significance that reflected the ways of thinking and the values and beliefs of the early modern society.
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