The Power of Gifts: Gift Exchange in Early Modern England by Felicity Heal

The Power of Gifts: Gift Exchange in Early Modern England

Felicity Heal

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Gifts are always with us: we use them positively to display affection and show gratitude for favours; we suspect that others give and accept them as douceurs and bribes. The gift also performed these roles in early modern English culture: and assu...

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