The Power of Gifts: Gift Exchange in Early Modern England
Author:   Dr. Felicity Heal (Emeritus Fellow in History, Jesus College, Oxford and Fellow of the British Academy)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199542956


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   23 October 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Dr. Felicity Heal (Emeritus Fellow in History, Jesus College, Oxford and Fellow of the British Academy)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780199542956


ISBN 10:   0199542953
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   23 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Illustrations Part 1: Society and its Gifts 1: What is a Gift? 2: Gifts Small and Great 3: Occasions and Seasons Part 2: The Politics of Giving 4: The Politics of Gift-Exchange under the Tudors 5: The Early Stuarts and Courtly Giving 6: Sovereign Gifts: the Crown and Diplomatic Exchange 7: Bribes and Benefits Conclusion Bibliography

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Heal poses important questions about social interaction at many levels throughout the course of 150 years. Joel T. Rosenthal, Journal of Interdisciplinary History


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Felicity Heal is an emeritus fellow of Jesus College and was a lecturer in History at the University of Oxford from 1980 to 2011. She is the author of numerous books and articles on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, including Reformation in Britain and Ireland (2003), The Gentry in England and Wales 1500-1700 (with Clive Holmes, 1994),and Hospitality in Early Modern England (1990). In recent years her research interests have focused on gifts and social exchange, and also on Tudor chronicles and the history of the early Church in England. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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