| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the scene -- San Pedro and Santa Comba : churches and their proprietors -- Dividing and sharing property -- The language of donation -- Donation to churches : purpose and expectations -- Gesmira, Recosinda, and Nuñez Sarracíniz : donation to lay persons -- Men and women -- Peasant society -- Rhetoric and action. |
| Summary |
Acts of Giving examines issues surrounding donation-the giving of property, particularly landed property-in northern Spain during the tenth century. Exploring the place of giving within a broad complex of social and economic concerns, Wendy Davies highlights the centrality of Spain to some of the core themes of medieval European history. - ;Acts of Giving examines the issues surrounding donation - the giving of property, usually landed property - in northern 'Christian' Spain in the tenth century, when written texts became very plentiful, allowing us to glimpse the working of local society. We. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Endowments -- Spain -- History -- To 1500.
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Endowments. |
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Spain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Gifts -- Spain -- History -- To 1500.
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Gifts. |
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Public welfare -- Spain -- History -- To 1500.
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Public welfare. |
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Spain -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Spain -- Church history.
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Church history. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davies, Wendy, 1942- Acts of giving. Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2007 9780199283408 0199283400 (DLC) 2008297177 (OCoLC)145387790 |
| ISBN |
0191536210 (electronic book) |
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9780191536212 (electronic book) |
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1281154008 |
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9781281154002 |
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0199283400 (Cloth) |
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9780199283408 (hardback) |
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