Spiritual kinship as social practice : godparenthood and adoption in the early Middle Ages /
"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 all...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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Newark, Del. : London ; Cranbury, NJ :
University of Delaware Press ; Associated University Presses,
©2000.
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| Edition: | Rev. and expanded English ed. |
| Series: | University of Delaware Press series, The family in interdisciplinary perspective.
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