The Ban-Shenchus : History of Women
Filed by Aine MacDermot
** Ed. : A comment that should be made about the data in Ban Shenchus is that marriage in early medieval Ireland was much different from what most genealogists are used to. In medieval Ireland, divorce and remarriage was quite common, and both men and women typically had children by several different partners. (Sound familiar? The situation which exists in many late twentieth century families is a reasonably good analogy.) This situation brings up a pitfall that the genealogist must avoid when dealing with this material. If you know that X was a child of Y, and that Y was married to Z, you are definitely *not* permitted to conclude that X was a child of Z, unless you have a good primary source which says so. Of course, one should always be careful about this matter, but this is especially true of the Irish material, where having children by more than one partner was the rule rather than the exception.
Furthermore, I’m quite sure this is an incomplete copy of the material. I am still searching for a source for the full text, translated.
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Vincent Salafia wrote:
Greetings from Ireland Aine,
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Please add some links to your site.
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