Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
… and maintain reciprocal bonds between individuals, groups and even nations (playing a recognised role in diplomacy). 1 Presents played an important part in long-eighteenth century Britain in the prized, and often intertwined, virtues of … ‘no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State’. Gifting was not, of … p. 14 and p. 129. The social benefits of gifts were evident to contemporaries and care was taken about the choice of the present. Whilst simple meals and drink might be sufficient, rare, exotic or relatively expensive items of food, such as …
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