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Front cover 1 Half-title 3 Series information 4 Title page 5 Copyright information 6 Table of contents 7 List of abbreviations 9 Preface 11 Chapter 1. Introduction 17 The State of Research and Theoretical Framework 17 The Sources 33 Chapter 2. The Meaning of the Terms “Brother” and “Brotherhood” in Early Medieval Sources 45 Biological Brotherhood 45 The Christian Metaphor of Brotherhood 52 Spiritual Brotherhood Established through Baptism 63 Different Uses of the Brotherhood Metaphor 64 Chapter 3. Equality and Fraternal Hierarchies 69 Fraternal Hierarchies in the Early Middle Ages: A Legal and Historical Perspective 69 Monastic Brotherhood 75 Primogeniture in the Early Middle Ages: A Historiographic Problem 77 Psychological and Cultural Determinants of the Position of the Firstborn in the Family 77 The Status of the Firstborns (Eldest Brothers) in Research on the Early Middle Ages 79 Terminology 82 Maior natu 82 Primogenitus 83 Firstborns and Primogeniture in Ninth-Century Exegetical Writings 85 Ius primogenitorum or the Privilege of Primogeniture 92 Loss of Birthright and its Justification 98 Ishmael 99 Esau 101 Reuben 104 Privileged Treatment of Younger Brothers 106 Chapter 4. Be

Author

Aneta Pieniądz

Language

EN