Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective

doi:10.1515/9783111382876

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Friedrich, Markus (editor)

Quenzer, Jörg B. (editor)

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English

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Abstract

Writing one’s genealogy by hand is a common practice across cultures, both past and present. This volume explores how lineages were expressed in handwritten form within different social, cultural, and religious contexts across the world, drawing on unpublished examples from East Asia to Europe.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/152471

Keywords

East Asia; family history; diagramm; generations; family-tree; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC7 Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history