TY  - GEN
T1  - Fosterage in medieval Ireland : an emotional history
T2  - Early medieval North Atlantic.
A1  - O'Donnell, Thomas C.
LA  - English
PP  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
YR  - 2020
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1152158834
AB  - 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.
CN  - HV887.I75
SN  - 9789048541973
SN  - 9048541972
KW  - Foster children : Ireland : History : To 1500.
KW  - Foster home care : Ireland : History : To 1500.
KW  - Emotions : Social aspects : Ireland : History.
KW  - British and Irish history.
KW  - Early history: c. 500 to c. 1450/1500.
KW  - Adoption and fostering.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : Ireland.
KW  - Emotions : Social aspects
KW  - Foster children
KW  - Foster home care
KW  - Ireland
KW  - To 1500
KW  - History of childhood.
KW  - Irish literature.
KW  - history of emotions.
KW  - medieval Ireland.
KW  - History
ER  -