How Long to Read The Gift in Sixteenth-century France

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gift in Sixteenth-century France?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 30 minutes to read The Gift in Sixteenth-century France by Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus Natalie Zemon Davis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Must a gift be given freely? How can we tell a gift from a bribe? Are gifts always a part of human relations--or do they lose their power and importance once the market takes hold and puts a price on every exchange? These questions are central to our sense of social relations past and present, and they are at the heart of this book by one of our most interesting and renowned historians. In a wide-ranging look at gift giving in early modern France, Natalie Zemon Davis reveals the ways that gift exchange is crucial to understanding alliance and conflict in family life, economic relations, politics, and religion. Moving from the king's bounty to the beggar's alms, her book explores the modes and meanings of gift giving in every corner of sixteenth-century French society. In doing so, it arrives at a new way of considering gifts--what Davis calls "the gift register"--as a permanent feature of social relations over time. Gift giving, with its own justifications and forms in different periods, can create amity or lead to quarrels and trouble. It mixes the voluntary and the obligatory, with interested bribery at one extreme and inspired gratuitousness at the other. Examining gifts both ethnographically (through archives, letters, and other texts) and culturally (through literary, ethical, and religious sources), Davis shows how coercive features in family life and politics, rather than competition from the market, disrupted the gift system. This intriguing book suggests that examining the significance of gifts can not only help us to understand social relations in the past, but teach us to deal graciously with each other in the present.

How long is The Gift in Sixteenth-century France?

The Gift in Sixteenth-century France by Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus Natalie Zemon Davis is 210 pages long, and a total of 52,500 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gift in Sixteenth-century France Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 46 minutes to read The Gift in Sixteenth-century France aloud.

What Reading Level is The Gift in Sixteenth-century France?

The Gift in Sixteenth-century France is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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