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Autore |
Davies Wendy <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Acts of giving [[electronic resource] ] : individual, community, and church in tenth-century Christian Spain / / Wendy Davies |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-04291-8 |
1-281-15400-8 |
9786611154004 |
0-19-153621-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Endowments - Spain - History - To 1500 |
Gifts - Spain - History - To 1500 |
Spain Social life and customs |
Spain Church history |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Note on Terms for Regions; Note on Spelling; 1. Setting the Scene; 2. San Pedro and Santa Comba: Churches and their Proprietors; 3. Dividing and Sharing Property; 4. The Language of Donation; 5. Donation to Churches: Purpose and Expectations; 6. Gesmira, Recosinda, and Nuño Sarracíniz: Donation to Lay Persons; 7. Men and Women; 8. Peasant Society; 9. Rhetoric and Action; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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