Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150
White combines an intensive study of medieval law with insights from anthropology, religion, and social history to create a picture of French society in the Middle Ages which is impressive in its breadth and illuminating in its detail. By examining the practice whereby gifts of land were approved by the giver's relatives, he suggests novel ways of looking at early medieval law, kinship, land tenure, and gift exchange. White shows that laudatio parentum can be properly analyzed only within a combined social, legal, and religious context.

Originally published in 1988.

A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150
White combines an intensive study of medieval law with insights from anthropology, religion, and social history to create a picture of French society in the Middle Ages which is impressive in its breadth and illuminating in its detail. By examining the practice whereby gifts of land were approved by the giver's relatives, he suggests novel ways of looking at early medieval law, kinship, land tenure, and gift exchange. White shows that laudatio parentum can be properly analyzed only within a combined social, legal, and religious context.

Originally published in 1988.

A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150

Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150

by Stephen D. White
Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150

Custom, Kinship, and Gifts to Saints: The Laudatio Parentum in Western France, 1050-1150

by Stephen D. White

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White combines an intensive study of medieval law with insights from anthropology, religion, and social history to create a picture of French society in the Middle Ages which is impressive in its breadth and illuminating in its detail. By examining the practice whereby gifts of land were approved by the giver's relatives, he suggests novel ways of looking at early medieval law, kinship, land tenure, and gift exchange. White shows that laudatio parentum can be properly analyzed only within a combined social, legal, and religious context.

Originally published in 1988.

A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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ISBN-13: 9780807866405
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 03/01/2011
Series: Studies in Legal History
Edition description: 1
Pages: 336
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
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