Early Irish and Welsh Kinship

by T.M. Charles-Edwards

This is a major comparative study of early Irish and Welsh kinship. Kinship is a central element in all human societies and was of particular significance in early medieval Ireland and Wales where government institutions were, in general, weak. T. M. Charles-Edwards examines the forms of kinship found in Ireland and Wales at the earliest periods for which documentation is sufficient (the seventh century for Ireland and the twelfth through thirteenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198201036
• ISBN13: 9780198201038
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 614 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.5"