Gift-giving played an important role in political, social and religious life in medieval and early modern Europe. This volume explores an under-examined and oft

Gift-giving played an important role in political, social and religious life in medieval and early modern Europe. This volume explores an under-examined and oft

In the seventeenth century Prague was the setting for a complex and shifting spiritual world. By studying the city's material culture, this book presents a bold

This invigorating study places medieval romance narrative in dialogue with theories and practices of gift and exchange, opening new approaches to questions of s

Michael Laver examines how the giving of exotic gifts in early modern Japan facilitated Dutch trade by ascribing legitimacy to the shogunal government and by pl