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- catalog abstract ""Liquid Assets, Dangerous Gifts addresses the notions and practices of gift giving in late medieval and early modern Europe between 1400 and 1550. Focusing on the prosperous cities of the Upper Rhine, it explores the uses of gifts in political ritual and the different functions of those donations. Contemporaries spoke of these gifts - sometimes wine, sometimes coins or other precious metals - as liquid; indeed, the same German word was used for giving a present and for pouring a fluid. These gifts were integral parts of an economy of information, marking complex differences and dependencies in the social hierarchy. The gifts were meticulously recorded and governed by strict codes, yet the terminology and traditions of gift exchange in this period betray deep-seated ambivalence and anxieties about the practice."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Gefährliche Geschenke. English".
- catalog contributor b12512640.
- catalog coverage "Switzerland Politics and government 1499-1648.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Liquid Assets, Dangerous Gifts addresses the notions and practices of gift giving in late medieval and early modern Europe between 1400 and 1550. Focusing on the prosperous cities of the Upper Rhine, it explores the uses of gifts in political ritual and the different functions of those donations. Contemporaries spoke of these gifts - sometimes wine, sometimes coins or other precious metals - as liquid; indeed, the same German word was used for giving a present and for pouring a fluid. These gifts were integral parts of an economy of information, marking complex differences and dependencies in the social hierarchy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Speaking of Gifts -- 1. Liquids and Pronouncements -- 2. Offices -- 3. Manners of Speaking -- 4. Pensions -- 5. Pensions in Basel, 1501-1522 -- 6. Instruments.".
- catalog description "The gifts were meticulously recorded and governed by strict codes, yet the terminology and traditions of gift exchange in this period betray deep-seated ambivalence and anxieties about the practice."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "248 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0812236505 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Middle Ages series.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Middle Ages series".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng ger".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog spatial "Switzerland Politics and government 1499-1648.".
- catalog spatial "Switzerland.".
- catalog subject "364.1/323/0949409024 21".
- catalog subject "Bribery Switzerland.".
- catalog subject "DQ116 .G7613 2002".
- catalog subject "Misconduct in office Switzerland.".
- catalog subject "Political corruption Switzerland.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Speaking of Gifts -- 1. Liquids and Pronouncements -- 2. Offices -- 3. Manners of Speaking -- 4. Pensions -- 5. Pensions in Basel, 1501-1522 -- 6. Instruments.".
- catalog title "Gefährliche Geschenke. English".
- catalog title "Liquid assets, dangerous gifts : presents and politics at the end of the Middle Ages / Valentin Groebner ; translated by Pamela E. Selwyn.".
- catalog type "text".