Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. The Many Families of Early Modern Paris 16
7. Chapter 2. Adoption Laws from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period 37
8. Chapter 3. The Family and the Neighborhood: Adoptions of Children between Two Households 71
9. Chapter 4. Parisian Charity Hospices and the Care of Orphans and Foundlings 105
10. Chapter 5. The Adoption of Children from the Couche of the Poor Foundlings and the Hotel-Dieu 124
11. Epilogue. Evolutionary Visions of Blood Ties and Adoptive Ties 157
12. Appendix A. Transcriptions of Selected Adoption Contracts 165
13. Appendix B. Information on the Adoptive Parents and Adoptees 170
14. Bibliography 173
15. Index 191
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 198