The Languages of Gift in the Early Middle Ages

Herausgeber: Davies, Wendy; Fouracre, Paul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering volume on the culture of gift in the medieval period from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9781107698789
• ISBN-10: 1107698782
• Artikelnr.: 40308382

Inhaltsangabe

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.