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Chapter 4 - Writing Generosity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2019

Lars Kjær
Affiliation:
New College of the Humanities
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This chapter explores how classical ideas of the gift were utilised by medieval writers. The chapter focuses on three particularly influential writers from medieval England active across a range of genres: John of Salisbury, William of Malmesbury and Matthew Paris. The chapter shows that these writers were highly familiar with classical ideas of the gift and drew extensively upon them in shaping their own writings.

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The Medieval Gift and the Classical Tradition
Ideals and the Performance of Generosity in Medieval England, 1100–1300
, pp. 66 - 97
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Writing Generosity
  • Lars Kjær
  • Book: The Medieval Gift and the Classical Tradition
  • Online publication: 10 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108539579.004
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  • Writing Generosity
  • Lars Kjær
  • Book: The Medieval Gift and the Classical Tradition
  • Online publication: 10 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108539579.004
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  • Writing Generosity
  • Lars Kjær
  • Book: The Medieval Gift and the Classical Tradition
  • Online publication: 10 August 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108539579.004
Available formats
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