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Aspects of gift giving in Denmark in the sixteenth century and the case of the Rose Flower Cup

Grinder-Hansen, Poul

Journal of medieval history, 2011-03, Vol.37 (1), p.114-124 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Elsevier Ltd

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  • Título:
    Aspects of gift giving in Denmark in the sixteenth century and the case of the Rose Flower Cup
  • Autor: Grinder-Hansen, Poul
  • Assuntos: Court rituals ; Cups ; Danish renaissance ; Denmark ; Gift giving ; Kingship ; Nobility
  • É parte de: Journal of medieval history, 2011-03, Vol.37 (1), p.114-124
  • Descrição: The concept of an ancient system of gift exchange gradually being replaced by a market economy during the middle ages and early modern period has been rightly challenged by many recent studies. As it will appear from this essay on gift giving at the Danish court of King Frederik II (1559–88), gifts and favours continued to play an important role in the organisation of power and society. Several examples from sixteenth-century Denmark are discussed, including Frederik II’s patronage of the astronomer Tycho Brahe. Special emphasis is put on a gift from the Danish noble couple Hans Skovgaard and Anne Parsberg on the occasion of the baptism in 1577 of their godson, the eldest son of Frederik II. Donations at rites of passage like baptism were a convention at the time, yet the huge gilt silver cup known as the ‘Rose Flower’ was more than that. It was an elegant way of reciprocating an earlier, royal wedding gift. At the same time the cup and its symbolism hinted at the ideal of the generous lord, stressing the hospitality and accessibility expected from the king, an ideal as common to king and nobility at the renaissance court of the sixteenth century as it had been in the previous centuries. The more humble gifts mentioned in private account books of the time point to the fact that people did not necessarily give someone a gift to obtain something in return. Sometimes gifts were simply given to sustain the social order of which the donors were a part.
  • Editor: Elsevier Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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