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Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe
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Series: Princeton Legacy Library, Book 5310
ISBN13: 9780691655314
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Jan 29 2019
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.81 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
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 comprehensive analysis of the origins and development in Western society of this spiritual kinship. Because of its solemnity and adaptability, such kinship gradually took its place alongside blood and marital ties as a fundamental part of medieval society, continuing to expand in high and late medieval Europe and to flourish even in modern times, particularly in Latin America.
Joseph H. Lynch is Professor of History and former Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Ohio State University. He is author of Simoniacal Entry into Religious Life form 1000 to 1260: A Social, Economic and Legal Study (Ohio State).
Originally published in 1986.
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