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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Alfani, G
• Gourdon, V
• Vincent Gourdon
• Guido Alfani
• Alfani, Guido
• Gourdon, Vincent

Titel

Spiritual Kinship in Europe, 1500-1900

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 Stretching from the end of the Middle Ages to the Second Industrial Revolution (c. 1500-1900), the authors in this volume analyze spiritual kinship in Europe and its associated social customs - with special attention given to godparenthood. These customs had great importance for Early Modern and Modern European societies, and this collection represents an interdisciplinary effort to combine the work of social and economic historians, historical demographers, anthropologists and sociologists. Arranged chronologically and geographically, chapters cover specific areas of the European continent, from the Mediterranean to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Reconstructing changes in theological thought about spiritual kinship, particularly before and after the Reformation, and comparing Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox views and practices, Spiritual Kinship in Europe provides a comprehensive picture of how social practices and religious ideas related to spiritual kinship and godparenthood. 04 02 List of Figures and Tables Contributors Spiritual Kinship and Godparenthood: an Introduction; G.Alfani  & V.Gourdon PART I: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD Immigrants and Formalisation of Social Ties in Early Modern Italy; G.Alfani Ecclesiastical Godparenthood in Early Modern Murcia; A.Irigoyen Godparenthood and Social Networks in an Italian Rural Community: Nonantola, Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries; G.Alfani  & C.Munno Godparenthood and Social Relationships in France under the Old Regime: Lyons as a Case Study; E.Couriol PART II: GODPARENTHOOD FROM THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION What's in a Name? Choosing Kin Godparents in Nineteenth Century Paris; V.Gourdon Spiritual Kinship, Political Mobilization and Social Cooperation: a Swiss Alpine valley in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; S.Guzzi PART III: REFORMED GODPARENTHOOD Kin, Neighbours or Prominent Persons? Godparenthood in a Finnish Rural Community in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century; K-M.Piilahti Who Wants to be a Godparent? Baptisms in a Lutheran Church in Paris, 1755-1804; T.Ericsson PART IV: EASTERN EUROPE AND EUROPEANS ABROAD Godparenthood in the Russian Orthodox Tradition: Custom against the Law; M.Muravyeva The French in Gold Rush San Francisco and Spiritual Kinship; A.Foucrier Notes Bibliography 13 02 GUIDO ALFANIAssistant Professor at Bocconi University, Italy,and Honorary Research Fellowat the University of Glasgow, UK. He is chief editor of the journal Popolazione e Storia . An economic and social historian, and an historical demographer, he is an expert of godparenthood in medieval and early modern Europe; on this topic he published Fathers and Godfathers: Spiritual Kinship in Early Modern Italy (2009). VINCENT GOURDONAn historian of the family and an historical demographer. Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, he is alsochief editor of the journal Annales de Démographie Historique . He is an expert of the history of baptism and godparenthood in early modern and modern Europe; on this topic he has published ( with Guido Alfani and Philippe Castagnetti Baptiser), Pratique sacramentelle, pratique sociale XVIe-XXe siècles (2009). 02 02 The authors in this volume analyze spiritual kinship in Europe from the end of the Middle Ages to the Industrial Age. Uniquely comparing Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox views and practices, the chapters look at changes in theological thought over time as well as in social customs related to spiritual kinship, including godparenthood. 31 02 A unique comparison of Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox views and practices, analyzing spiritual kinship and its social consequences in Europe over a long time period, c.1500-1900 19 02 The first specific work on spiritual kinship, offering a key reference on the topic Interdisciplinary approach combines work of use to historians; historical demographers; anthropologists and sociologists Covers a long period of time, allowing exploration of the effects of historical processes such as the Reformation and Industrialization Comparison of social customs among significant European denominations: Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox