Languages of Gift in the Early Middle Ages

Languages of Gift in the Early Middle Ages

Davies, Wendy; Fouracre, Paul

Cambridge University Press

09/2010

322

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Inglês

9780521515177

15 a 20 dias

670

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List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction Janet L. Nelson; 2. Giving to God in the mass: the experience of the Offertory David Ganz; 3. Gifts and prayers: the visualization of gift-giving in Byzantium and the mosaics at Hagia Sophia Leslie Brubaker; 4. The use of the term 'beneficium' in Frankish sources: a society based on favours? Paul Fouracre; 5. The gifts of Wearmouth and Jarrow Ian N. Wood; 6. The settings of the gift in the reign of Charlemagne Janet L. Nelson; 7. The queen of the Franks offers gifts to the caliph al-Muktafi' Ann Christys; 8. Reciprocal gifts on Mount Athos in the tenth and eleventh centuries Rosemary Morris; 9. Compulsory gift-exchange in Lombard Italy, 650-1150 Chris Wickham; 10. When gift is sale: reciprocities and commodities in tenth-century Christian Iberia Wendy Davies; 11. Conclusion Chris Wickham; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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