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

• Autore: Davies Wendy <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 pages)
• Disciplina: 946.02
• Soggetto topico: Endowments - Spain - History - To 1500; Gifts - Spain - History - To 1500
• Soggetto geografico: Spain Social life and customs; Spain Church history
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Acts of giving
• ISBN: 1-383-04291-8; 1-281-15400-8; 9786611154004; 0-19-153621-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784732103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II