Title: Christianizing kinship
Subtitle: ritual sponsorship in Anglo-Saxon England
First published: 1998
Description: 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.
Subjects: Religious life and customs, Anglo-Saxons, Kinship, Sponsors, Church history, England, social life and customs, Great britain, church history, 449-1066
Places: England
Time periods: 449-1066
LC classification: BR747 .L86 1998