ISBN:
9781108539579
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 225 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series 114
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
394
Keywords:
Geschichte 1100-1300
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Gifts / England / History / To 1500
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Ideals (Philosophy) / Social aspects / England / History / To 1500
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Generosity / Social aspects / England / History / To 1500
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Diplomatie
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Geschenk
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Gesellschaft
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England / Social life and customs / 1066-1485
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England / Civilization / Classical influences
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England
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England
;
Geschenk
;
Diplomatie
;
Gesellschaft
;
Geschichte 1100-1300
Abstract:
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
DOI:
10.1017/9781108539579
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108539579
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