Celtic fosterage: Adoptive kinship and clientage in Northwest Europe

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 359-395

  Parkes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; KINSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845219227     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417506000144     Document Type: Article

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