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The Languages of Gift in the Early Middle Ages

Wendy Davies · 2010

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"This is a collection of original essays on gift in the early Middle Ages, from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world. Focusing on the languages of gift, the essays reveal how early medieval people visualized and thought about gift, and how they distinguished between the giving of gifts and other forms of social, economic, political and religious exchange...."--P. [i].

Book details

Year
2010
Language
English
Publisher
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
Editions
3
Pages
322
ISBN
9780521515177

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