Fosterage in Medieval Ireland: An Emotional History

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.