Genealogical Manuscripts in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Contributor(s)
Friedrich, Markus (editor)
Quenzer, Jörg B. (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
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expressed in handwritten form within different social, cultural, and religious contexts across the world, drawing on unpublished examples from East Asia to Europe.
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 historyISBN
9783111382876, 9783111382357, 9783111383088Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
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Berlin/Boston, 2024Grantor
Imprint
De GruyterSeries
Studies in Manuscript Cultures,Classification
Europe
East Asia, Far East
Literary studies: general
Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics
European history
Asian history
Social and cultural history
Pages
337
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