The Power of Gifts by Felicity Heal
A new study which considers the nature of gift-giving in early-modern England - looking at what gifts where, how they were offered and received, and what they meant politically under the different monarchs of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
This is scholarship of a high order, written with a precise sensitivity to terminology and a verve which carries the analysis alongHeal's achievement is one to savour and enjoy. * Anthony Fletcher, History *
This is an ambitious book which, in little more than 200 pages, offers a rich survey of the perils, power and practices of gift-giving and receiving under the Tudor and Stuart dynasties. * David Howarth, Journal of the History of Collections *
Heal poses important questions about social interaction at many levels throughout the course of 150 years. * Joel T. Rosenthal, Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
Heal makes a convincing case for the powerful role of gifts in early modern England. Readers will appreciate her deft intertwining of theoretical frameworks and historical analysis, as well as her use of wide-ranging sources and well-chosen anecdotes ... Scholars of early modern society, culture, and politics will find much to benefit them in The Power of Gifts. * Catherine F. Patterson, American Historical Review *
This is an ambitious book which ... offers a rich survey of the perils, power and practices of gift-giving and receiving under the Tudor and Stuart dynasties * David Howarth, Journal of the History of Collections *
This is an important work, well written and illustrated ... the scholarship is impeccable and the analysis sensitive and shrewd. Heal has given us an illuminating insight into a key dimension of the political culture of early modern England. * Bernard Capp, English Historical Review *
rich and illuminating ... a fine piece of historical analysis, which crosses the traditional boundaries of social, cultural, and political history. * Susan Royal, Journal of Social History *
This is an ambitious book which, in little more than 200 pages, offers a rich survey of the perils, power and practices of gift-giving and receiving under the Tudor and Stuart dynasties. * David Howarth, Journal of the History of Collections *
Heal poses important questions about social interaction at many levels throughout the course of 150 years. * Joel T. Rosenthal, Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
Heal makes a convincing case for the powerful role of gifts in early modern England. Readers will appreciate her deft intertwining of theoretical frameworks and historical analysis, as well as her use of wide-ranging sources and well-chosen anecdotes ... Scholars of early modern society, culture, and politics will find much to benefit them in The Power of Gifts. * Catherine F. Patterson, American Historical Review *
This is an ambitious book which ... offers a rich survey of the perils, power and practices of gift-giving and receiving under the Tudor and Stuart dynasties * David Howarth, Journal of the History of Collections *
This is an important work, well written and illustrated ... the scholarship is impeccable and the analysis sensitive and shrewd. Heal has given us an illuminating insight into a key dimension of the political culture of early modern England. * Bernard Capp, English Historical Review *
rich and illuminating ... a fine piece of historical analysis, which crosses the traditional boundaries of social, cultural, and political history. * Susan Royal, Journal of Social History *
Felicity Heal is an emeritus fellow of Jesus College and was a lecturer in History at the University of Oxford from 1980 to 2011. She is the author of numerous books and articles on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, including Reformation in Britain and Ireland (2003), The Gentry in England and Wales 1500-1700 (with Clive Holmes, 1994),and Hospitality in Early Modern England (1990). In recent years her research interests have focused on gifts and social exchange, and also on Tudor chronicles and the history of the early Church in England. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199542956 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199542953 |
| Title | The Power of Gifts |
| Author | Felicity Heal |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2014-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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