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In the medieval period, the exchange of gifts between families was an essential part of the marriage contract. The bride’s family would present the groom with a dowry, which could include land, money, or valuable goods such as fine textiles and jewelry. In return, the groom’s family would give the bride’s family a mund, or a gift of equal ...
- Models For Giving
- The Culture of Giving
- Patrons and Their Books
- The Book as Gift
Giving freely to those who are less fortunate is one of the central tenets of medieval and modern-day Christianity. Medieval texts and images presented many models of generosity for Christians to follow. Manuscript images depicting monetary donations as well as food and clothing given to the poor and the infirm provided a visual guide for proper Ch...
Gift giving permeated all aspects of medieval life, including the economy, politics, spirituality, and even the act of bookmaking itself. In part, our understanding of this culture is informed by the images of donation and patronage found in medieval manuscripts. Scenes of well-off individuals giving to charity, political leaders currying favor thr...
While in the present day the role of the artist is regarded as paramount in the inception and creation of a work of art, in the Middle Ages the patron of an illuminated book or other work of art was often by far the most instrumental factor in shaping its appearance and content. Subsequently, owners sometimes had their books personalized with their...
Expensive to purchase, infinitely customizable, and highly portable, illuminated manuscripts were ideally suited to become gifts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. These precious treasures were frequently offered by patrons to churches and monasteries, presented from one secular ruler to another, and given between husband and wife or from pare...
Dec 17, 2021 · For many medieval people, New Year’s represented a new beginning, and many held lavish celebrations to ensure that this new beginning started off well. Gifts were a central component of this celebration. Individuals would give gifts to friends, acquaintances, employers, and family as a token of regard and to wish them luck for the coming year.
What Did People Gift Each Other for Christmas in the Middle Ages? During the Middle Ages, people usually stopped working and focused on attending mass and celebrating the Christmas holidays. A Christmas feast in the Manor could include pork, beef, fowl, geese, bread, cheese, wine, or beer. The local lord frequently supplied food for the ...
This is a collection of original essays on gift in the early Middle Ages, from Anglo-Saxon England to the Islamic world. Focusing on the lan-guages of gift, the essays reveal how early medieval people visualized and thought about gift, and how they distinguished between the giving of gifts and other forms of social, economic, political and ...
December 16, 2014–March 15, 2015, Getty Center. In the Middle Ages, gift exchange helped people define their relationships to family and friends, to acquaintances and strangers, to God and to church. This exhibition, drawn from the Museum's permanent collection, examines models for giving found in scripture and in the lives of the saints ...
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This first in-depth investigation into the influence of the classical ideals of generosity and gift giving in medieval Europe reveals to the contrary how historians have underestimated the impact of classical literature and philosophy on medieval culture and ritual. Focusing on the idea of the gift expounded in the classical texts read most ...
