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Tuesday 26 February 2008 14.15
N-1 FAM0I Construction of Blood I: Kinship Discourses from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, Part 1: Cultural Methaphors of Incorporation
Room 6.1
Network: Family and Demography Chair: Simon Teuscher
Organizer: David Warren Sabean Discussant: Gérard Delille
Anita Guerreau-Jalabert : Flesh and Incorporation in Medieval Texts
The reference to blood as a metaphor of kinship does not seem to be medieval. It is true that Latin texts use words like consanguinitas or consanguineus, yet they provide us with just as many examples of the flesh-metaphor for kinship (caro). Generally, the vernacular texts give a much more ... (Show more)
The reference to blood as a metaphor of kinship does not seem to be medieval. It is true that Latin texts use words like consanguinitas or consanguineus, yet they provide us with just as many examples of the flesh-metaphor for kinship (caro). Generally, the vernacular texts give a much more precise idea of medieval representations. It is highly significant, therefore, that the 13th century-translation of the Decretum gratianum into French translates the notions of consanguinitas and consanguinei with other words such as parenté, parents, amis (kinship, relatives, friends). It is only at the end of the Middle Ages that the reference to blood makes a timid appearance in kinship discourse, and possibly the real change in representation occurs not earlier than in the 17th century. (Show less)

Max S. Hering Torres : "Purity of Blood" in Early Modern Spain
Because of the conversions to Christianity of a large majority of Sephardic Jews, Spanish society defined the judeo-conversos as “impure”. Based on this argument, during the 15th century, the concept of “purity of blood” (limpieza de sangre) was developed, and diverse institutions adopted “Statutes of Purity of Blood”. According to ... (Show more)
Because of the conversions to Christianity of a large majority of Sephardic Jews, Spanish society defined the judeo-conversos as “impure”. Based on this argument, during the 15th century, the concept of “purity of blood” (limpieza de sangre) was developed, and diverse institutions adopted “Statutes of Purity of Blood”. According to these norms, the access to clerical and secular positions was forbidden for those Christians whom, through genealogical investigations, were found to be of Jewish or Muslim ancestry. In my paper I will discuss the impact of blood imaginaries considering the social, the theological, and the proto-scientific spheres. Further I will make a comparison between early modern mechanisms of segregation and modern forms of exclusion. (Show less)

Bernhard Jussen : Considerations on the semantics of sanguis and consanguinitas in the Middle Ages
Considerable issues have been raised about the language of kinship in the European Middle Ages, and while a language of "consanguinity" is to be found, Anita Guerreau warnes us not to take for granted that lay people and clerics thought of kin relationships in terms of blood. According to her ... (Show more)
Considerable issues have been raised about the language of kinship in the European Middle Ages, and while a language of "consanguinity" is to be found, Anita Guerreau warnes us not to take for granted that lay people and clerics thought of kin relationships in terms of blood. According to her hypothesis, 'flesh' instead of 'blood' was the leading metaphor. This paper is concerned with mapping the semantic field of blod in different sorts of texts throughout the Middle Ages to understand the metaphorics of [kin] connection better (Show less)

David Warren Sabean : Theological and literary discourses of blood in Baroque Culture
I have been working on Bossuet and Corneille, looking at ways that they think of heredity and alliance through metaphors of blood. Bossuet takes me into the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and doctrine of the Eucharist, while Corneille develops a language of lineage and alliance. In a sense the ... (Show more)
I have been working on Bossuet and Corneille, looking at ways that they think of heredity and alliance through metaphors of blood. Bossuet takes me into the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and doctrine of the Eucharist, while Corneille develops a language of lineage and alliance. In a sense the genealogy of Jesus was thought of in terms of flows of blood, while through the sixteenth century the dominant metaphor was “flesh.” I also have a great deal on the German discourse of flesh and blood and will examine some of the English texts as well. (Show less)



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