Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe / / Joseph H. Lynch.
Between A.D. 200 and 1000, sponsorship at baptism evolved from a simple liturgical act into a mechanism for the creation of enduring relationships regarded as especially holy forms of kinship. Combining anthropological, historical, theological, and literary approaches, Joseph Lynch presents a compre...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©1986 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE. THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SPIRITUAL KINSHIP
- 1. HISTORIOGRAPHY TO THE 1880s
- 2. HISTORIOGRAPHY SINCE THE 1880S: 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