Visions of Kinship in Medieval Europe

ISBN-13: 9780198797609 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 400 str.

Hans Hummer

Opis

A new and wide-ranging examination of kinship in medieval Europe, which explores the origins of kinship studies in the nineteenth century, the ancient philosophical traditions that influenced the social thought of pre-modern Europe, and how kinship was perceived and experienced in early Europe between the late Roman Empire and the twelfth century.

Recenzje

[an] important book ... Highly recommended.

O autorze

Hans Hummer was born in Oklahoma and raised in Kansas. He completed his doctorate at UCLA in 1997, and in 1999 he joined the history faculty at Wayne State University, where he teaches medieval European and world history. He has published articles on the political and social history of early medieval Europe in Deutsches Archiv, Early Medieval Europe, and Francia. In 2007 the Society for French Historical Studies recognized his book Politics and Power in Early Medieval Europe: Alsace and the Frankish Realm 600-1000 with the David Pinkney Award, granted annually to the most distinguished book in French history published by a North American scholar.