Setting the scene -- San Pedro and Santa Comba : churches and their proprietors -- Dividing and sharing property -- The language of donation -- Donation to churches : purpose and expectations -- Gesmira, Recosinda, and Nuñez Sarracíniz : donation to lay persons -- Men and women -- Peasant society -- Rhetoric and action
Summary
Acts of Giving examines issues surrounding donation-the giving of property, particularly landed property-in northern Spain during the tenth century. Exploring the place of giving within a broad complex of social and economic concerns, Wendy Davies highlights the centrality of Spain to some of the core themes of medieval European history. - ;Acts of Giving examines the issues surrounding donation - the giving of property, usually landed property - in northern 'Christian' Spain in the tenth century, when written texts became very plentiful, allowing us to glimpse the working of local society. We
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index