Necessary Generosity
Rodriguez, Ana
Necessary Generosity - 2002.
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Reciprocity, gift, and counter-gift are concepts that have been widely used by medievalists over the past decades. This paper analyzes the social relations of a Cistercian monastery in Galicia through its exchanges with the peasant communities in its hinterland and dominant local groups during the 12th and 13th centuries. It argues that reciprocity can be a valid means of analysis if we seek to explain how new social positions are defined, hierarchies are established, and social mobility and differentiation arise when power systems are organized.
Necessary Generosity - 2002.
28
Reciprocity, gift, and counter-gift are concepts that have been widely used by medievalists over the past decades. This paper analyzes the social relations of a Cistercian monastery in Galicia through its exchanges with the peasant communities in its hinterland and dominant local groups during the 12th and 13th centuries. It argues that reciprocity can be a valid means of analysis if we seek to explain how new social positions are defined, hierarchies are established, and social mobility and differentiation arise when power systems are organized.
Réseaux sociaux