Fosterage in medieval Ireland : an emotional history /

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Fosterage was a central feature of medieval Irish society, yet the widespread practice of sending children to another family to be cared for until they reached adulthood is a surprisingly neglected topic. Where it has been discussed, fosterage is usually conceptualised and treated as a purely legal...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Donnell, Thomas C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
Colección:Early medieval North Atlantic.
Temas:
To 1500
Foster children > Ireland > History > To 1500.
Foster home care > Ireland > History > To 1500.
Emotions > Social aspects > Ireland > History.
British and Irish history.
Early history: c. 500 to c. 1450/1500.
Adoption and fostering.
HISTORY > Europe > Ireland.
Emotions > Social aspects.
Foster children.
Foster home care.
Ireland.
History of childhood.
Irish literature.
history of emotions.
medieval Ireland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • What is fosterage?
  • An emotional history of fosterage
  • Methodological approach
  • The chapters
  • 1. Cú Chulainn and Expressions of Foster Fatherhood
  • Conchobur and the role of the maternal uncle
  • The language of fosterage
  • Multiple fosterage and emotions
  • Foster fatherhood beyond infancy
  • How many foster fathers is too many foster fathers?
  • 2. Who Makes a Foster Sibling?
  • Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach and Finnchóem
  • The fosterage in Alba
  • Fer Diad, death and how to mourn
  • Foster brotherhood: A lost idyll
  • 3. Identity within Fosterage
  • Holy brother, foster brother
  • Fosterage and social standing
  • Fíanna: Where everyone is a foster sibling?
  • Creating foster identity
  • 4. Fosterage in the Medieval Irish Church
  • Ísucán
  • The Christ Child elsewhere in Middle Irish
  • Miraculous fosterage in saints' lives
  • Monastic fosterage and oblation
  • Divine metaphor and mortal practice
  • 5. Animal Fosterage: A Bestial Parallel?
  • St Ailbe and Cormac mac Airt
  • Children gone to the dogs
  • Relationships beyond suckling
  • A permeable boundary between human and animal
  • Becoming human
  • Through an animal darkly
  • Conclusion
  • Drawing the chapters together
  • Revisiting the methodology
  • Bibliography
  • Manuscript sources
  • Primary sources
  • Secondary sources
  • About the Author
  • Index

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