Valentin Groebner

Liquid Assets, Dangerous Gifts

Presents and Politics at the End of the Middle Ages
Übersetzer: Selwyn, Pamela E

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Produktbeschreibung

"A fascinating study of the movements and ambivalent meanings of gifts in the political culture of the fifteenth and early sixteenth century. . . . Valentin Groebner's book . . . provides us with a new way of understanding the meanings and uses of 'corruption.'"--Natalie Zemon Davis, "Sixteenth Century Journal"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780812236507
• ISBN-10: 0812236505
• Artikelnr.: 21645617

Autorenporträt

Valentin Groebner. Translated by Pamela E. Selwyn

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Speaking of Gifts
1. Liquids and Pronouncements
2. Offices
3. Manners of Speaking
4. Pensions
5. Pensions in Basel, 1501-1522
6. Instruments
Appendix
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments