Medieval transformations texts, power, and gifts in context

"This volume deals with shifts and changes that took place during the Middle Ages when things, or ideas, or writings, were transferred from time to time, place to place, or one ideological realm to another. The same objects, ideas, or texts changed their meaning, impact, or symbolic value accor...

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Weitere Verfasser: Cohen, Esther (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Leiden u.a. Brill 2001
Schriftenreihe:Cultures, beliefs and traditions 11
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume deals with shifts and changes that took place during the Middle Ages when things, or ideas, or writings, were transferred from time to time, place to place, or one ideological realm to another. The same objects, ideas, or texts changed their meaning, impact, or symbolic value according to different contexts. The thirteen papers, written by leading experts, investigate the authority attributed to texts and their canonization in different contexts; the shifting uses and meanings of gifts, from honorable instruments int he settlement of disputes to corruption and bribery; and the transition of violence and power from relationships between equals to a tool for the maintenance of hierarchies."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:VI, 284 S.
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ISBN:9004117288
90-04-11728-8