Fosterage in Medieval Ireland

Dr Thomas C. O'Donnell is an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
-What is fosterage?
-An Emotional History of Fosterage
-Methodological Approach
-The Chapters
Chapter 1. Cú Chulainn and Expressions of Foster Fatherhood
-Conchobur and the role of the maternal uncle
-The Language of Fosterage
-Multiple fosterage and emotions
-Foster fatherhood beyond infancy
-How many foster fathers is too many foster fathers?
Chapter 2. Who Makes a Foster Sibling?
-Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach and Finnchóem
-The Fosterage in Alba
-Fer Diad, Death and How to Mourn
-Foster brotherhood: A lost idyll
Chapter 3. Identity Within Fosterage
-Holy Brother, Foster Brother
-Fosterage and Social Standing
-Fíanna: Where Everyone is a Foster sibling?
-Creating foster identity
Chapter 4. Fosterage in the Medieval Irish Church
-Ísucán
-The Christ Child Elsewhere in Middle Irish
-Miraculous Fosterage in Saints' Lives
-Monastic Fosterage and Oblation
-Divine Metaphor and Mortal Practice
Chapter 5. Animal Fosterage: A bestial parallel?
-St Ailbe and Cormac mac Airt
-Children Gone to the Dogs
-Relationships Beyond Suckling
-A Permeable Boundary Between Human and Animal
-Becoming Human
-Through an Animal Darkly
Conclusion
-Drawing the Chapters Together
-Revisiting the Methodology
Bibliography
-Manuscript Sources
-Primary Sources
-Secondary Sources