0. INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
4. 0. INTRODUCTION 11
5. 1. MEDIEVAL FRENCH SOCIETY 18
6. 2. FORMATION OF THE FRENCH KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY 48
7. 3. THE STRUCTURE OF THE FRENCH KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY 71
8. 4. KINSHIP RELATIONSHIPS IN FRENCH FOLK LITERATURE 96
9. 5. THE EVOLUTION OF DOMESTIC LAW AND THE FORMATION OF THE MODERN FAMILY 120
10. 6. CONCLUDING CHAPTER 136
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY 140
12. APPENDIX I. FRENCH KINSHIP IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 149
13. APPENDIX II. I = 0.5^{R-(A+ 1)} 151
14. APPENDIX III. UNITS 152
15. INDEX OF NAMES 156
16. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 159