Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. ONE. Introduction 1
6. TWO. The Origins of the French Nobility 13
7. THREE. Consanguinity and Noble Marriages 39
8. FOUR. Family Structure and Family Consciousness in the Ninth Through Eleventh Centuries 59
9. FIVE. The Bosonids, Rising to Power in the Late Carolingian Age 74
10. SIX. Patterns of Women's Names in Royal Lineages 98
11. SEVEN. The Migration of Women's Names in the Upper Nobility 120
12. EIGHT. Genealogy and Politics: The Counts of Autun and Countess Adelaide of Chalon 135
13. NINE. Twelfth-Century Family Structures 155
14. TEN. Conclusions: Family Structure and the Transformations of the Year 1000 175
15. Appendix A: The Problem of the Three Bernards and the Dukes of Aquitaine 181
16. Appendix B: The Bosonids and the Family of Manasses 192
17. Notes 195
18. Bibliography 227
19. Index 245
20. Acknowledgments 249