Spiritual Bonds, Social Bonds: Baptism and Godparenthood in Ireland, 1530–1690

Tait, Clodagh

doi:10.1191/1478003805cs049oa

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“…As was the case with other religious traditions in Ireland, the Presbyterian ceremony of baptism was a social event that brought families and communities together. 112 Fathers were allotted a special place in these rituals and were usually tasked with presenting their children for baptisma role that was colloquially known in some communities as 'fathers privileges'. 113 Those who fathered children outside of marriage were pressured to publicly acknowledge their fatherly responsibilities by participating in these rituals.…”

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‘From a woman's point of view’: the Presbyterian archive as a source for women's and gender history in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland

Calvert

2022

Ir. Hist. Stud.

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This article responds to ‘An agenda for women's history in Ireland, 1500–1900’ by highlighting the explanatory potential of the Presbyterian archive in extending and reshaping our understanding of women, gender and the family in Ireland. Discussed here as the ‘Presbyterian archive’, the records of the Presbyterian church offer a tantalising insight into the intimate worlds of women and men in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland. Although Presbyterians were a minority religious community in Ireland, their records provide much more than a marginalised picture. Instead, the Presbyterian archive casts fresh light on the wider Irish evidence, enriching our knowledge of the everyday lives of women and men in Ireland. The article begins by introducing the Presbyterian archive and the community responsible for its creation. Next, it considers how the Presbyterian archive both meets and advances the aims of the ‘Agenda’ and reveals what it can tell us about the lives of women and men as gendered subjects. Overall, the article underlines the importance of the Presbyterian archive as a source for Irish historians because it underscores why all history is gender history.

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Section: IIImentioning

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‘From a woman's point of view’: the Presbyterian archive as a source for women's and gender history in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland

Calvert

2022

Ir. Hist. Stud.

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“…18 Parish registers record baptisms and usually infants were baptised relatively soon after birth. 19 Thus, baptism and birth can be assumed to be reasonably contiguous. By charting baptisms (and, where possible, deaths), it can be feasible to reconstruct some early modern families and to extrapolate information on infant-rearing practices, especially infant feeding.…”

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‘Kindred Without End’: Wet-Nursing, Fosterage and Emotion in Ireland, c. 1550–1720

Tait

2020

Irish Economic and Social History

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Wet-nursing and fosterage were widely used in early modern Ireland. Despite the difficulties of reconstructing practices surrounding the nourishment and care of infants and young children, the limited surviving sources provide some evidence for the practical arrangements involved, the role of these practices in extending families and creating long-lasting ties of ‘fictive kinship’, the emotional and economic connections they forged and deeply held concerns that they might inspire and extend political disloyalty and disaffection. While fosterage is mostly associated with Gaelic communities, by the sixteenth century, a distinct brand of fosterage was significant to Old English families as well. New English and Protestant families also increasingly participated in networks referred to as fosterage, and references in the 1641 depositions testify to the degree to which these practices linked settlers and natives and the horror inspired by their abandonment.

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“…He demonstrates that the monopoly of Scots‐born and educated ministers in the Ulster plantation created a unity of belief and ecclesiastical discipline between Scots and Ulster Presbyteries in this period. Tait explores some resultant denominational tensions in her analysis of baptism and godparents in seventeenth‐century Ireland, showing that although bonds might be forged between migrant families, powerful spiritual and social divisions were also exposed. Elsewhere, Hall’s examination of the role of fairies in Scottish witchcraft cases illustrates how belief in elves and witches merged, as misfortune was attributed increasingly to actions within the community rather than to external alien forces.…”

Section: (Iii) 1500–1700  Henry French  University Of Exetermentioning

confidence: 99%