TY - BOOK AU - Rodriguez,Ana AU - Pastor,Reyna TI - Necessary Generosity PY - 2002///. N1 - 28 N2 - 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 UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-histoire-et-societes-rurales-2002-2-page-91?lang=en ER -