Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Preface v
3. New Preface xiii
4. Contents xxi
5. List of Tables and Figures xxiii
6. The Problem of the Seigneurial System 3
7. The St. Lawrence Valley 9
8. Land Division among Seigneurs 20
9. The Seigneurs' Control of the Land 41
10. The Seigneurs' Revenue from their Seigneuries 63
11. The Role of the Seigneurs in Settling their Seigneuries 88
12. The Roture 117
13. The Habitants' Use of the Land 139
14. The Seigneurie as an Economic and Social Unit 169
15. The Seigneurial System in Canada during the French Regime 193
16. Appendix : Key to Numbering of Seigneuries 201
17. Notes 203
18. Glossary 229
19. Bibliography 231
20. Index 241