Gift Giving And Materiality In Europe 1300 1600

Author : Lars Kjaer,Gustavs Strenga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350183704

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Gift-Giving and Materiality in Europe, 1300-1600 by Lars Kjaer,Gustavs Strenga Pdf

Gift-giving played an important role in political, social and religious life in medieval and early modern Europe. This volume explores an under-examined and often-overlooked aspect of this phenomenon: the material nature of the gift. Drawing on examples from both medieval and early modern Europe, the authors from the UK and across Europe explore the craftsmanship involved in the production of gifts and the use of exotic objects and animals, from elephant bones to polar bears and 'living' holy objects, to communicate power, class and allegiance. Gifts were publicly given, displayed and worn and so the book explores the ways in which, as tangible objects, gifts could help to construct religious and social worlds. But the beauty and material richness of the gift could also provoke anxieties. Classical and Christian authorities agreed that, in gift-giving, it was supposed to be the thought that counted and consequently wealth and grandeur raised worries about greed and corruption: was a valuable ring payment for sexual services or a token of love and a promise of marriage? Over three centuries, Gift-Giving and Materiality in Europe, 1300-1600: Gifts as Objects reflects on the possibilities, practicalities and concerns raised by the material character of gifts.

Author : Lars Kj'r
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1108439322

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The Medieval Gift and the Classical Tradition by Lars Kj'r Pdf

This interdisciplinary study explores how classical ideals of generosity influenced the writing and practice of gift giving in medieval Europe. In assuming that medieval gift giving was shaped by oral 'folk models', historians have traditionally followed in the footsteps of social anthropologists and sociologists such as Marcel Mauss and Pierre Bourdieu. This first in-depth investigation into the influence of the classical ideals of generosity and gift giving in medieval Europe reveals to the contrary how historians have underestimated the impact of classical literature and philosophy on medieval culture and ritual. Focusing on the idea of the gift expounded in the classical texts read most widely in the Middle Ages, including Seneca the Younger's De beneficiis and Cicero's De officiis, Lars Kj'r investigates how these ideas were received, adapted and utilised by medieval writers across a range of genres, and how they influenced the practice of generosity.

Author : Lars Kjær
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108335737

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The Medieval Gift and the Classical Tradition by Lars Kjær Pdf

This interdisciplinary study explores how classical ideals of generosity influenced the writing and practice of gift giving in medieval Europe. In assuming that medieval gift giving was shaped by oral 'folk models', historians have traditionally followed in the footsteps of social anthropologists and sociologists such as Marcel Mauss and Pierre Bourdieu. This first in-depth investigation into the influence of the classical ideals of generosity and gift giving in medieval Europe reveals to the contrary how historians have underestimated the impact of classical literature and philosophy on medieval culture and ritual. Focusing on the idea of the gift expounded in the classical texts read most widely in the Middle Ages, including Seneca the Younger's De beneficiis and Cicero's De officiis, Lars Kjær investigates how these ideas were received, adapted and utilised by medieval writers across a range of genres, and how they influenced the practice of generosity.

Author : Suzanna Ivanič
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192898982

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Cosmos and Materiality in Early Modern Prague by Suzanna Ivanič Pdf

In the seventeenth century Prague was the setting for a complex and shifting spiritual world. By studying the city's material culture, this book presents a bold alternative understanding of early modern religion in central Europe.

Author : Wendy Davies,Paul Fouracre
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521515177

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The Languages of Gift in the Early Middle Ages by Wendy Davies,Paul Fouracre Pdf

This book is a collection of original essays on gift in the early Middle Ages, from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world. Focusing on the languages of gift, the essays reveal how early medieval people visualized and thought about gift, and how they distinguished between the giving of gifts and other forms of social, economic, political and religious exchange. The same team, largely, that produced the widely cited The Settlement of Disputes in Early Medieval Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1986) has again collaborated in a collective effort that harnesses individual expertise in order to draw from the sources a deeper understanding of the early Middle Ages by looking at real cases, that is at real people, whether peasant or emperor. The culture of medieval gift has often been treated as archaic and exotic; in this book, by contrast, we see people going about their lives in individual, down-to-earth and sometimes familiar ways.

Author : JOEL T. ROSENTHAL
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367206056

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The Purchase of Paradise by JOEL T. ROSENTHAL Pdf

Originally published in 1972, The Purchase of Paradise is an account of medieval philanthropy and looks at the late medieval aristocracy as a social, rather than political group. The book analyses their voluntary behaviour, their gift giving and the Church, and addresses the nature of charity in the Middle Ages, providing an insight into the noble families of the time. The book depicts charitable practices within the family, such as the buying of prayers for relatives, and the family traditions of support for favoured houses lasting through several generations. The book shows that the family was the most operative unit for most forms of benefaction and ecclesiastical contact, and that the hard necessities of baronial politics were often ignored when men turned their thoughts to philanthropy and prayers for their immortal souls. The book will of value to historians and sociologists alike, as well as those working in the field of anthropology.

Author : Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld
Publisher : Uitgeverij Verloren
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Belgium
ISBN : 9789065509581

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Do Ut Des by Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Art
ISBN : 8885795862

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Textile gifts in the middle ages. Objects, actors, and representations. Ediz. italiana, tedesca e inglese by Anonim Pdf

Author : Esther Cohen,Mayke de Jong
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004476400

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Medieval Transformations: Texts, Power, and Gifts in Context by Esther Cohen,Mayke de Jong Pdf

This volume deals with shifts and changes that took place during the Middle Ages when things, or ideas, or writings, were transferred from time to time, place to place, or one ideological realm to another. The same objects, ideas, or texts changed their meaning, impact, or symbolic value according to different contexts. The twelve papers, written by leading experts, investigate the authority attributed to texts and their canonization in different contexts; the shifting uses and meanings of gifts, from honorable instruments in the settlement of disputes to corruption and bribery; and the transition of violence and power from relationships between equals to a tool for the maintenance of hierarchies. Contributors include: Gadi Algazi, Monique Bernards, Arnoud-Jan Bijsterveld, Esther Cohen, Valentin Groebner, Yitzhak Hen, Mayke de Jong, Rob Meens, Marco Mostert, Thomas F.X. Noble, Timothy Reuter, Hendrik Teunis, and Stephen D. White.

Author : Michael Laver
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350126053

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The Dutch East India Company in Early Modern Japan by Michael Laver Pdf

Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by playing into the shogun's desire to create a worldview centered on a Japanese tributary state. The book reveals how formal and informal gift exchange also created a smooth working relationship between the Dutch and the Japanese bureaucracy, allowing the politically charged issue of foreign trade to proceed relatively uninterrupted for over two centuries. Based mainly on Dutch diaries and official Dutch East India Company records, as well as exhaustive secondary research conducted in Dutch, English, and Japanese, this new study fills an important gap in our knowledge of European-Japanese relations. It will also be of great interest to anyone studying the history of material culture and cross-cultural relations in a global context.

Author : David Loades
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441140340

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The Tudor Queens of England by David Loades Pdf

An intimate and revealing look at the daily lives and responsibilities of the Tudor Queens of England From Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, to Elizabeth I, her grand-daughter and the last, The Tudor Queens of England delves into the secret lives of some of the most colorful and dramatic women in British history. The majority of the fourteen queens considered here, from Catherine de Valois and Elizabeth Woodville to Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour and Catherine Parr, were consorts, the wives of kings. Although less frequently examined than ruling queens, queen consorts played a crucial and central role within the Royal Court. Their first duty was to bear children and their chastity within marriage had to be above reproach. Any suspicion of sexual misconduct would cast doubt on the legitimacy of their offspring. Three of these women - Margaret of Anjou, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard - were accused of such conduct, and two were tried and executed. A queen also had to contribute to her husband's royal image. This could be through works of piety or through humble intercession. It could also be through her fecundity because the fathering of many children was a sign of virility and of divine blessing. A queen might also make a tangible contribution to her husband's power with her marriage as the symbol of an international diplomatic agreement. A ruling queen was very different, especially if she was married, insofar as she had to fill the roles of both king and queen. No woman could be both martial and virile, and at the same time submissive and supportive. Mary I solved this problem in a constitutional sense but never at the personal level. Elizabeth I sacrificed motherhood by not marrying. She chose to be mysterious and unattainable - la belle dame sans merci. In later life she used her virginity to symbolize the integrity of her realm and her subjects remained fascinated by her unorthodoxy. How did they behave (in and out of the bedchamber)? How powerful were they as patrons of learning and the arts? What religious views did they espouse and why? How successful and influential were they? From convenient accessory to sovereign lady the role of queen was critical, colorful, and often dramatic. The Tudor Queens of England is the first book of its kind to intimately examine these questions and more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:488004922

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Body Broken by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ken Albala
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-02-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : IND:30000085862369

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Food in Early Modern Europe by Ken Albala Pdf

This unique book examines food's importance during the massive evolution of Europe following the Middle Ages.

Author : Joan Thirsk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Diet
ISBN : 1472599829

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Food in Early Modern England by Joan Thirsk Pdf

What did ordinary people eat and drink five hundred years ago? How much did they talk about food? Did their eating habits change much? Our knowledge is mostly superficial on such commonplace routines, but this book digs deep and finds surprising answers to these questions. We learn that food fads and fashions resembled those of our own day. Commercial, scientific and intellectual movements were closely entwined with changing attitudes and dealings about food. In short, food holds a mirror to a lively world of cultural change stretching from the Renaissance to the industrial Revolution. This book also strongly challenges the assumption that ordinary folk ate dull and monotonous meals, and explores changes in the English diet and the specific differences between each generation.

Author : William H. Prescott
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434405852

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Conquest of Mexico by William H. Prescott Pdf