Kith and Kin: Ties of Blood and Marriage
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Kith and Kin : Ties of Blood and Marriage. / Esmark, Kim; Sigurdsson, Jon Vidar; Vogt, Helle.
Nordic Elites in in Transformation, c. 1050–1250, Volume II Social Networks. red. / Kim Esmark; Lars Hermanson; Hans Jacob Orning. Routledge, 2020. s. 11-32.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Kith and Kin
T2 - Ties of Blood and Marriage
AU - Esmark, Kim
AU - Sigurdsson, Jon Vidar
AU - Vogt, Helle
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Family and kinship constituted the social backbone of medieval society’s elite groups, but how was kinship understood, how did it function, and how did it transform in Scandinavia c. 1050–1250? Taking as its starting point Bourdieu’s distinction between “official” and “practical” kinship – i.e., between formal representations of kinship in official texts like laws and genealogies on the one hand, and on the other hand the network of family connections that are actually relied upon, mobilized, and put to use – the chapter discusses the workings of family ties in relation to property and inheritance, marriage, and conflict. It is argued that with the Church’s introduction of clerical celibacy, prohibition of concubinage and divorce, and new conceptions of kin relations based on blood and marriage within strictly defined degrees, official cultural maps of kinship saw a gradual consolidation and formalization, and it is discussed how elites took account of these changes and accommodated family strategies and practices to them.
AB - Family and kinship constituted the social backbone of medieval society’s elite groups, but how was kinship understood, how did it function, and how did it transform in Scandinavia c. 1050–1250? Taking as its starting point Bourdieu’s distinction between “official” and “practical” kinship – i.e., between formal representations of kinship in official texts like laws and genealogies on the one hand, and on the other hand the network of family connections that are actually relied upon, mobilized, and put to use – the chapter discusses the workings of family ties in relation to property and inheritance, marriage, and conflict. It is argued that with the Church’s introduction of clerical celibacy, prohibition of concubinage and divorce, and new conceptions of kin relations based on blood and marriage within strictly defined degrees, official cultural maps of kinship saw a gradual consolidation and formalization, and it is discussed how elites took account of these changes and accommodated family strategies and practices to them.
UR - http://routledge.com/Nordic-Elites-in-Transformation--c-1050-1250--Volume-II/Esmark-Hermanson-Orning/p/book/9780367901950
U2 - 10.4324/9781003023005-3
DO - 10.4324/9781003023005-3
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780367901950
SP - 11
EP - 32
BT - Nordic Elites in in Transformation, c. 1050–1250, Volume II Social Networks
A2 - Esmark, Kim
A2 - Hermanson, Lars
A2 - Orning, Hans Jacob
PB - Routledge
ER -
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