The new thematic exhibition at “Tour Jean Sans Peurs“ in Paris tells the story of “Wine in the Middle Ages”
Paris is not exactly swamped with intact medieval buildings. One of the lesser known, however, is the “Tour Jean Sans Peur”; Jean Sans Peur was also known as the Jean I, Duc de Bourgogne (1371 – 1419). The tower is all that is left of the “Hôtel de Bourgogne”.
Since 1999 the tower has been open to the public. Apart from a number of interesting rooms – a grand staircase and the audience room of the Duke of Burgundy – the tower hosts a series of exhibition. The latest, which opened on the 11th of April, showcases the history of wine in the middle age.
The exhibition is divided into five themes: The role of wine in Christianity, the production of wine in the countryside, the keeping and selling of wine, the use of wine in cooking and medicine – and finally the mores surrounding wine-drinking.
The exhibition is built around a large number of illustrations and recreated tableaux.
Accompanying the exhibition are a series of lectures
Read more about wine production in the Middle Ages
Le Vin au Moyen Age
April 11 – November 11 2012
Tour Jean Sens Peur
20 rue Étienne Marcel, 75002 Paris
Some beautiful medieval illustrations showing wine making, selling and drinking