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The reparations controversy the Jewish state and German money in the shadow of the Holocaust, 1951-1952 /

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The reparations controversy the Jewish state and German money in the shadow of the Holocaust, 1951-1952 /

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Audun and the polar bear luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /

Table of Contents: “…Some technical matters : dates, origin, versions -- The story of Audun from the Westfjords (Audun's story) -- The commitment to plausibility -- Helping Thorir and buying the bear -- Dealing with King Harald -- Giving the bear to Svein : the interests in the bear -- Saying no to kings -- Eggs in one basket and market value -- Rome : self-impoverishment and self-confidence -- Repaying the bear -- Back to Harald : the yielding of accounts -- Audun's luck -- Richness and risk -- -- Motives -- Gaming the system : gift-ref -- Regiving and reclaiming gifts -- Relevant law -- Serious scarcity, self-interest and Audun's mother -- In the gift vs. in on the gift -- Gifts upward : repaying by receiving and funny money -- The obligation to accept -- Giving up and down hierarchies : of god(s), beggars, and equals -- Nadad and Abihu : sacrifice, caprice, and binding god and kings -- Funny money that is not so funny -- Of free and closing gifts -- Coda : the whiteness of the bear.…”
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Audun and the polar bear luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /

Table of Contents: “…Some technical matters : dates, origin, versions -- The story of Audun from the Westfjords (Audun's story) -- The commitment to plausibility -- Helping Thorir and buying the bear -- Dealing with King Harald -- Giving the bear to Svein : the interests in the bear -- Saying no to kings -- Eggs in one basket and market value -- Rome : self-impoverishment and self-confidence -- Repaying the bear -- Back to Harald : the yielding of accounts -- Audun's luck -- Richness and risk -- -- Motives -- Gaming the system : gift-ref -- Regiving and reclaiming gifts -- Relevant law -- Serious scarcity, self-interest and Audun's mother -- In the gift vs. in on the gift -- Gifts upward : repaying by receiving and funny money -- The obligation to accept -- Giving up and down hierarchies : of god(s), beggars, and equals -- Nadad and Abihu : sacrifice, caprice, and binding god and kings -- Funny money that is not so funny -- Of free and closing gifts -- Coda : the whiteness of the bear.…”
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Medieval Italy texts in translation /

Table of Contents: “…Land leasing and legal status in southern Italy : three texts (964-86) -- 2. Land, money, and grain : two customary leases in the Diocese of Florence (1073, 1115) -- 3. …”
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Medieval Italy texts in translation /

Table of Contents: “…Land leasing and legal status in southern Italy : three texts (964-86) -- 2. Land, money, and grain : two customary leases in the Diocese of Florence (1073, 1115) -- 3. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view