Publication

2000-06-01 - University of Delaware Press

Language

English

Word Count

90,500 words, Guess

Page Count

362 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL11119269M
  • ISBN-139780874136326
  • ISBN-100874136326
  • OCLC Control Number42072149
  • Library of Congress Control Number99041732
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  • Goodreads2994735

Classifications

  • LCCBV1478 .J89 2000

Description

"This book deals with kinship in the early Middle Ages. Most scholars agree in theory that kinship is not a biological fact but a universally deployable system for structuring social relations. In empirical practice, however, research on kinship has focused almost exclusively on descent and alliance. This book addresses kinship beyond these concepts. It is a study of godparenthood and adoption in Frankish society at the time when Roman adoption was disappearing and godparenthood was being invented as a social tool."--BOOK JACKET.

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