Christianizing Kinship

by Joseph H. Lynch

When Christianity spread from its Mediterranean base into the Germanic and Celtic north, it initiated profound changes, particularly in kinship relations and sexual mores. Joseph H. Lynch traces the introduction and assimilation of the concept of spiritual kinship into Anglo-Saxon England. Covering the years 597 to 1066, he shows how this notion unsettled and in time altered the structures of the society.In early Germanic societies, kinship was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801435277
• ISBN13: 9780801435270
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher