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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784732103321

Autore

Davies Wendy <1942->

Titolo

Acts of giving [[electronic resource] ] : individual, community, and church in tenth-century Christian Spain / / Wendy Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-04291-8

1-281-15400-8

9786611154004

0-19-153621-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages)

Disciplina

946.02

Soggetti

Endowments - Spain - History - To 1500

Gifts - Spain - History - To 1500

Spain Social life and customs

Spain Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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