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Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe (Paperback)
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Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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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 "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. 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.
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