| 词条 | Sippe |
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Sippe is German for "clan, kindred, extended family" (Frisian Sibbe, Norse Sifjar). It continues a Proto-Germanic term *sebjō, which referred to a band or confederation bound by a treaty or oath, not primarily restricted to blood relations.[1] The original character of sibb as a peace treaty is visible in Old English, e.g. in Beowulf (v. 1858): hafast þû gefêred, þæt þâm folcum sceal, Geáta leódum ond Gâr-Denum sib gemæne ond sacu restan. The Sippe came to be a cognatic,[2] extended family unit, exactly analogous to the Scottish/Irish sept.[3] Most of the information left about the nature and role of the Sippe is found in records left by the Lombards, Alamanni, and Bavarians.[4] One of the functions of the Sippe was regulating use of forests. The average Sippe likely contained no more than 50 families.[5] The Sippe seems to have been absorbed into the monogamous family later on; P.D. King asserts that this was already the case among the Visigoths during the time of the Visigothic Kingdom.[6] See also
Footnotes1. ^Pfeifer: {{de icon}} 2. ^David Herlihy, Medieval Households (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985), 47 3. ^Herlihy, 32, 44, 51 4. ^Herlihy, 45. 5. ^Herlihy, 47. 6. ^P.D. King, Law and Society in the Visigothic Kingdom, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 3rd ser. 5 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972), 233. 3 : Germanic law|Germanic families|Clans by nation |
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