Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
… in the prized, and often intertwined, virtues of liberality, hospitality, charity, friendship, generosity, honour and patronage. The exchange of gifts helped to foster and deepen social relationships, from friends and kin to patrons and …
Charity | Empire | Friendship | Gift | Hospitality | Reciprocity | Religion
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