Gift-Giving and Materiality in Europe, 1300-1600: Gifts as Objects

ISBN-13: 9781350183698 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 272 str.

Lars Kjaer; Gustavs Strenga

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List of Illustrations 1. Introduction: The Matter of the Gift – Lars Kjaer (New College of the Humanities, UK) 2. Of Ivory, Gold and Elephants: Materiality and Agency of Pre-modern Chairs as Gifts - Sabine Sommerer (University of Zurich, Switzerland) 3. Rituals, Objects and Conflicts: Gifts Given during the Entry of Archbishop Silvester Stodewescher in the Riga Cathedral (1449) - Gustavs Strenga (Tallinn University, Estonia) 4. (Re)moving Relics and Performing Gift Exchange between Early Modern Tuscany and Lithuania - Ruth S. Noyes (National Museum of Denmark, Denmark) 5. Gift-giving and the Cult of Living Matter in Late Medieval Europe - Mads Heilskov (EHESS, France) 6. With this Rynge’: The Materiality and Meaning of Late Medieval Marriage Rings - Anna Boeles Rowland(University of Leuven, Netherlands) 7. Votive Offerings as Communication: Gift Exchange with Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (14th–16th Centuries) - Sari Katajala-Peltomaa (Tampere University, Finland) 8. Alms Boxes and Charity: Giving to the Poor after the Lutheran Reformation in Denmark – Poul Grinder-Hansen (National Museum of Denmark, Denmark) 9. Beyond Materiality: Circulating Objects and the Semantics of Violent Transactions in Late Medieval Baltic Urban Spaces - Philipp Höhn (University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) 10. Conclusion - Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London, UK) Index