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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lubich, Gerhard

Titel

The Semantic Field of 'Kinship' in the Middle Ages. Contextual-Semantical Analysis in the Historical Field

Ist Teil von

• Sozialer Sinn, 2003-01 (1), p.21-36

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• An analysis of the "Tale of Iring" (as latinized & written down by Widukind of Corvey, 10th century Saxon writer), focusing on the kinship terminology used, reveals some remarkable differences to our notion of kinship (already existing kinship as a subject of negotiation, apparently transient kinship etc.). Parting on the supposition that these differences result from generally incongruent semantic fields (modern/medieval), the article sketches an approach to a re-evaluation of medieval (Latin) kinship terminology & tries to point out its practicability in view of the electronic/database editions of today as well as to outline some of the new perspectives offered. References. Adapted from the source document.