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Gift in Sixteenth-Century France

Av Natalie Zemon Davis

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In this gem of a book, Natalie Zemon Davis explores the role of gifts in Renaissance France. From the King's bounty to the beggar's alms, from the lavish feasting and display of civic dignitaries to the humble tokens exchanged by peasant bride and groom, the giving and receiving of gifts - then, as now - held tremendous significance.
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Natalie Zemon Davis is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History emerita at Princeton University and is currently adjunct professor of history, anthropology, and medieval studies and a senior fellow in the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto. Her many books include The Return of Martin Guerre and Women on the Margins: Three Seventeenth-Century Lives.

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"Some of us go to enormous lengths to find the gift that will exactly convey all the nuances of a relationship. We hate bribery and, though we cherish the idea of a free gift, we also hate ingratitude. For us this book itself is the perfect gift. A superb study of social life in 16th century France, it is a model of historical anthropology."—Mary Douglas, author of Purity and Danger

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