The medieval warrior aristocracy : gifts, violence, performance, and the sacred /

The process of identity formation during the central Middle Ages [10th-12th centuries] among the warrior aristocracy was fundamentally centered on the paired practices of gift giving and violent taking, inextricably linked elements of the same basic symbolic economy. These performative practices can...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cowell, Andrew, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge : D.S. Brewer, 2007.
Series:Gallica (Woodbridge (Suffolk, England)) ; v. 6.
Subjects:
To 1500
Heroes in literature.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Aristocracy (Social class) > History > To 1500.
Ceremonial exchange > History > To 1500.
Identity (Psychology)
Héros dans la littérature.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Identité (Psychologie)
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Aristocracy (Social class)
Ceremonial exchange.
Literature, Medieval.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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