The significance and role of godparents in wedding songs from Kosovo and Metohija by Miljković Marija D.

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Adoptarunt et levarunt: Godparents of Illegitimate Children in the 18th Century Vilnius Deanery by Ugnė Jonaitytė

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Interpersonal networks and the archaeology of social structures; using social positioning events to understand social strategies and individual behaviour by Joaquim Carvalho, Rosário Campos

“… This paper is based on two community reconstitution studies (Soure and Lousã) in early modern Portugal during the 17th and 18th centuries that demonstrate the value of analyzing networks of relationships, especially the "apadrinhamento" (selecton of godparents), in understanding social structures and the individual strategies that they encompass. …”
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Une famille transatlantique : les Fleuriau by Jacques de Cauna

“…We can clearly see today, through the new context of cultural studies, how French families dealt with colonial contingencies characterized in particular by the presence of Blacks and free men of color in La Rochelle (he brought back with him two of his daughters of color and gave plantations and slaves to his sons of color who stayed back in Saint-Domingue) with an undeniable flexibility in the adaptation of their traditional strategies regarding kinship, marriage, godparents, and inheritance.The family of La Rochelle is in a way remodelled in the light of the Domingan slave society, but still seeking to preserve the interests of its members. …”
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