Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice

Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice
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Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 0874136326
ISBN-13 : 9780874136326
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Book Synopsis Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice by : Bernhard Jussen

Download or read book Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice written by Bernhard Jussen and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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