Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe (eBook)

Joseph H. Lynch (Autor)

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2019
400 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19623-7 (ISBN)

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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 "e;spiritual"e; 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.Professor Lynch traces the liturgical practices and theological beliefs undergirding sponsorship and examines its social purposes, including sacralization of personal firendships, creation of client/patron reltionships, extension of marital taboos, provision of protectors for the young, fostering of trust among adults, and dissemination of religious instruction. In the process he offers a rich array of insights into the Church's role in the passage of Western society from antiquity to the Middle Ages.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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.1.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: acolyte • Alphonse Mingana • Anabaptists • Ancient Church Orders • Ancient Rome • Apostolic tradition • archimandrite • Arnobius • Athanasian creed • Augustine of Hippo • Baptism • Baptistery • Basilica • Canon Law • Canon law (Catholic Church) • Canons of Hippolytus • Capitulary • Carolingian dynasty • Carolingian Renaissance • Catechism • Catechumen • Celtic Christianity • Chlothar II • Christianity • christianization • Christian monasticism • Church Fathers • Church Order (Lutheran) • Clergy • Confraternity • consecration • Council of Trent • Counter-Reformation • deacon • deaconess • Didascalia Apostolorum • divine law • Ecclesiastical History of the English People • etymology • european folklore • first communion • Gelasian Sacramentary • Germanic paganism • Godparent • Historiography • Holiness Code • Impediment (canon law) • Ine of Wessex • infant baptism • Isidore of Seville • John Chrysostom • Justification (theology) • Justinian II • kinship • Laity • Liber Pontificalis • liturgical movement • lord's prayer • Marriage Law • Martin of Braga • Medieval Latin • Medieval Literature • Merovingian dynasty • Middle Ages • Missionary • Monasticism • Old Christian • Old Testament • Owen Chadwick • Paganism • Paternal bond • Pelagius • Penitential • Pope Boniface VIII • Pope Gregory I • Pope Gregory II • Pope Gregory IX • predestination • Preface (liturgy) • Protestantism • Protestant reformers • Puritans • rebaptism • Religious education • Rite • Royal Frankish Annals • Sacramentary • Sacred tradition • Saint Alban • Saint Boniface • SCHOLASTICISM • Sermon • Spirituali • Spirituality • spouse • The City of God (book) • the monastery • Theodore of Mopsuestia • Theology • Thomas Aquinas
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19623-0 / 0691196230
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19623-7 / 9780691196237