The gift in sixteenth-century France
In this gem of a book, Natalie Zemon Davis explores the role of gifts in Renaissance France. From the King's bounty to the beggar's alms, from the lavish feasting and display of civic dignitaries to the humble tokens exchanged by peasant bride and groom, the giving and receiving of gifts - then, as now - held tremendous significance.
Print Book, English, ©2000
University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, ©2000
History
x, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780299168803, 9780299168841, 0299168808, 0299168840
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The spirit of gifts
Gift practices and public times
Gift practices and social meanings
Gifts and sales
Gifts gone wrong
Gifts, bribes, and kings
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