Out of love for my kin
Subtitle: aristocratic family life in the lands of the Loire, 1000-1200
By: Amy Livingstone.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801448416
Subjects: Aristocracy (Social class) -- France -- Loire River Valley -- History -- To 1500; Families -- France -- Loire River Valley -- History -- To 1500; Kinship -- France -- History -- Loire River Valley -- History -- To 1500; Loire River Valley (France) -- Social life and customs; France -- Social life and customs -- To 1328
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : aristocrats and their families; title: The lands of the Loire, 1000-1200; title: Aristocratic family life; title: Aristocratic family life writ small : the Fréteval, Mondoubleau, and Dives kindred; title: Inheritance : diversity and continuity; title: Marriage and the disposition of property : a sign of status?; title: Marriage : practicalities, ideologies, and affection; title: For better, not worse : wives and husbands as partners in family and lordship; title: Contestations : asserting and reasserting a place in the family; title: Conclusion : out of love for my kin.