پرورش در ایرلند قرون وسطی: تاریخ عاطفی

Fosterage was a central feature of medieval Irish society, yet the widespread practice of sending children to another family to be cared for until they reached adulthood is a surprisingly neglected topic. Where it has been discussed, fosterage is usually conceptualised and treated as a purely legal institution. This work seeks to outline the emotional impact of growing up within another family. What emerges is a complex picture of deeply felt emotional ties binding the foster family together. These emotions are unique to the social practice of fosterage, and we see the language and feelings originating within the foster family being used to describe other relationships such as those in the monastery or between humans and animals. This book argues that the more we understand how people felt in fosterage, the more we understand medieval Ireland. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie Cover -- Table Of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What Is Fosterage? -- An Emotional History Of Fosterage -- Methodological Approach -- The Chapters -- 1. Cú Chulainn And Expressions Of Foster Fatherhood -- Conchobur And The Role Of The Maternal Uncle -- The Language Of Fosterage -- Multiple Fosterage And Emotions -- Foster Fatherhood Beyond Infancy -- How Many Foster Fathers Is Too Many Foster Fathers? -- 2. Who Makes A Foster Sibling? -- Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach And Finnchóem -- The Fosterage In Alba -- Fer Diad, Death And How To Mourn Foster Brotherhood: A Lost Idyll -- 3. Identity Within Fosterage -- Holy Brother, Foster Brother -- Fosterage And Social Standing -- Fíanna: Where Everyone Is A Foster Sibling? -- Creating Foster Identity -- 4. Fosterage In The Medieval Irish Church -- Ísucán -- The Christ Child Elsewhere In Middle Irish -- Miraculous Fosterage In Saints' Lives -- Monastic Fosterage And Oblation -- Divine Metaphor And Mortal Practice -- 5. Animal Fosterage: A Bestial Parallel? -- St Ailbe And Cormac Mac Airt -- Children Gone To The Dogs -- Relationships Beyond Suckling A Permeable Boundary Between Human And Animal -- Becoming Human -- Through An Animal Darkly -- Conclusion -- Drawing The Chapters Together -- Revisiting The Methodology -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- About The Author -- Index Tom C. O'donnell Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web. Cover 1 Table of Contents 8 Abbreviations 10 Acknowledgements 12 Introduction 14 What is fosterage? 15 An emotional history of fosterage 22 Methodological approach 26 The chapters 31 1. Cú Chulainn and Expressions of Foster Fatherhood 36 Conchobur and the role of the maternal uncle 39 The language of fosterage 46 Multiple fosterage and emotions 54 Foster fatherhood beyond infancy 60 How many foster fathers is too many foster fathers? 67 2. Who Makes a Foster Sibling? 70 Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach and Finnchóem 73 The fosterage in Alba 78 Fer Diad, death and how to mourn 84 Foster brotherhood: A lost idyll 96 3. Identity within Fosterage 100 Holy brother, foster brother 102 Fosterage and social standing 109 Fíanna: Where everyone is a foster sibling? 117 Creating foster identity 129 4. Fosterage in the Medieval Irish Church 132 Ísucán 136 The Christ Child elsewhere in Middle Irish 145 Miraculous fosterage in saints’ lives 152 Monastic fosterage and oblation 164 Divine metaphor and mortal practice 171 5. Animal Fosterage: A Bestial Parallel? 174 St Ailbe and Cormac mac Airt 178 Children gone to the dogs 181 Relationships beyond suckling 189 A permeable boundary between human and animal 194 Becoming human 199 Through an animal darkly 203 Conclusion 206 Drawing the chapters together 208 Revisiting the methodology 213 Bibliography 218 Manuscript sources 218 Primary sources 219 Secondary sources 224 About the Author 236 Index 238