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100 1 $aKjaer, Lars,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe medieval gift and the classical tradition :$bideals and the performance of generosity in medieval England, 1100-1300 /$cLars Kjaer, New College of the Humanities.
246 30 $aIdeals and the performance of generosity in medieval England, 1100-1300
264 1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom ;$aNew York, NY :$bCambridge University Press,$c2019.
264 4 $c©2019
300 $aix, 225 pages ;$c24 cm
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490 1 $aCambridge studies in medieval life and thought ;$v4th ser., 114
520 $a"Introduction: Since the 1960s historians studying gift giving have significantly deepened and nuanced our understanding of social, political and religious relations in medieval Europe. From the outset, historians have tended to see gift giving in terms of 'folk models.' In this they have been following in the footsteps of the social anthropologists from whom we have inherited the analytical apparatus of 'gift giving.' The founding father of gift-studies, Marcel Mauss, in his Essai sur le don, presented reciprocal gift exchange as a characteristic feature of archaic societies, found in its clearest form in 'primitive' cultures like that of ancient Germania. Pioneers in the field of medieval gift giving, such as Aaron Gurevich and George Duby, inherited the assumption that gift exchange and the rules of reciprocity that governed it were part of the cultural heritage passed down from the medieval elite's Germanic ancestors. More recently, as we shall see below, historians have been more cautious about explaining medieval gift giving through its supposed archaic roots. The assumption that gift exchange was based on folk traditions of reciprocity deployed in a difficult encounter with Biblical injunctions to charity, has, however, remained widely influential. In this book I suggest that this analytical tradition has led us to overlook or underestimate the influence exercised on medieval gift giving by a very different tradition: classical literature and philosophy"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe gift in classical literature -- De beneficiis in medieval contexts -- Writing generosity -- Sanctifying generosity -- Romancing generosity -- Performing generosity.
520 8 $aThis 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 Kjaer 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.
650 0 $aGifts$zEngland$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aIdeals (Philosophy)$xSocial aspects$zEngland$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aGenerosity$xSocial aspects$zEngland$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs$y1066-1485.
651 0 $aEngland$xCivilization$xClassical influences.
650 7 $aCivilization$xClassical influences.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01352347
650 7 $aGifts.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00942628
650 7 $aManners and customs.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01007815
651 7 $aEngland.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01219920
648 7 $aTo 1500$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776 08 $iElectronic version:$aKjr̆, Lars.$tMedieval gift and the classical tradition.$dCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019$z9781108539579$w(OCoLC)1119537829
830 0 $aCambridge studies in medieval life and thought ;$v4th ser., 114.
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