Kindred and Clan in the Middle Ages and After: A Study in the Sociology of the Teutonic Races

by Bertha Surtees Phillpotts

Overview

Bertha S. Phillpotts (1863–1932) was an English historian and linguist of Scandinavia who served as the Director of Scandinavian Studies in the University of Cambridge from 1926 to 1932. First published as part of Cambridge Archaeological and Ethnological Series in 1913, this pioneering and highly influential book contains a detailed examination of kinship structures in northern Europe during the early medieval period. In this work, Phillpotts analyses the laws and literature of seven northern European countries to explore the kinship structure of their ancient societies. The references to the legal concept of 'weregild' and the description of gender hierarchies, together with the range of evidence examined, cause this work to remain of considerable relevance for the understanding of kinship systems in medieval Germanic and Scandinavian societies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108010504
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/31/2010
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.71(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Iceland; 2. Norway; 3. Sweden; 4. Denmark; 5. North Germany and Holland; 6. Belgium and Northern France; 7. England; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Index.