Kindred and Clan in the Middle Ages and After by Bertha Surte... - 9781108010504

Kindred and Clan in the Middle Ages and AfterA Study in the Sociology of the Teutonic Races\nAuthor(s): Bertha Surtees Phillpotts\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108010504, 978-1108010504\nSynopsis\nBertha S. Phillpotts [tel] 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 exam.