Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe / Joseph H. Lynch
1986, 1st edition. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #424799
ISBN: 0691054665
Physical description; xiv, 378 pages. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: pages [340]-369. Contents; Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SPIRITUAL KINSHIP -- 1. HISTORIOGRAPHY TO THE 1880's -- 2. HISTORIOGRAPHY SINCE THE 1880's: THE FOUR TRADITIONS -- PART TWO. BAPTISMAL SPONSORSHIP IN THE ANCIENT CHURCH, CA. 170 TO CA. 500 -- 3. THE SPONSORSHIP OF ADULTS -- 4. THE SPONSORSHIP OF INFANTS -- PART THREE. THE EMERGENCE OF SPIRITUAL KINSHIP IN THE WEST, CA. 500 TO CA. 750 -- 5. CAESARIUS OF ARLES -- 6. THE SPIRITUAL FAMILY IN FRANKISH SOCIETY -- 7. THE PROLIFERATION OF SPIRITUAL KINSMEN -- 8. SPIRITUAL KINSMEN AND SEXUAL TABOOS -- 9. THE CULTURAL ROOTS OF THE BAN ON SEXUAL CONTACT BETWEEN SPIRITUAL KINSMEN -- PART FOUR. THE CAROLINGIAN SYNTHESIS -- 10. THE GODPARENT AND THE BAPTISMAL LITURGY -- 11. THE GODPARENT AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION -- 12. SPIRITUAL KINSHIP IN WESTERN SOCIETY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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