So their map: premise is regarding the early Church contact with the world and the impact on kin structures. Okay so not only is the premise here that the early medieval Church was a Western European thing, it ignores the origins and impact of Christianity in the following places
I looked up his publication. I've never come across it, but if they were basing their research off of his premise then I'm surprised it's not referenced at all. I haven't read the book, but being a historian does not make one right. I'd have to read the book though.
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If Mitterauer, an historian, had a reasonable interpretation of European medieval history, then so do these authors. Their basic arguments re importance of kinship are the same.
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It’s the data of the paper at hand that is at stake here. The argument that is built on it stands or falls on the data, and historians have pointed out so many holes and flaws in the data that the argument is untrustworthy. Mitterauer is a non sequitur.
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Not exactly a good way to get a handle on a book I haven't read yet, but several reviews have noted that not only is the comparative aspect of his monograph weak, but his premise doesn't begin to explain all of Europe, because it really focusses on the Carolingian Empire.
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But that's the point, Mitterauer and these authors are saying that core Europe and peripheral Europe (eg Ireland, s Italy) were very different from each other
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