Description: Explores how classical ideals of generosity influenced the writing and practice of gift giving in medieval Europe.
Brief description: Lars Kjær is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the New College of the Humanities. His previous publications include, as co-editor, a special volume of the Journal of Medieval History entitled 'Feasts and Gifts of Food in Medieval Europe: Ritualised Constructions of Hierarchy, Identity and Community' (2011).