Out of Love for My Kin : Aristocratic Family Life in the Lands of the Loire, 1000-1200 /

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"In Out of Love for My Kin, Amy Livingstone examines the personal dimensions of the lives of aristocrats in the Loire region of France during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. She argues for a new conceptualization of aristocratic family life based on an ethos of inclusion. Inclusivity is evi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livingstone, Amy, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gesellschaftsleben.
Familie.
Aristokratie.
Region.
Gesellschaftsleben
Familienleben
Aristokratie
Manners and customs.
Kinship.
Families.
Aristocracy (Social class)
HISTORY > Medieval.
Familles > France > Loire, Vallee de la > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Kinship > France > Loire River Valley > History > To 1500.
Families > France > Loire River Valley > History > To 1500.
Aristocracy (Social class) > France > Loire River Valley > History > To 1500.
Loire (Fluss)
Loire-Gebiet
Frankreich
France > Loire River Valley.
France.
France > Moeurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 1328.
Loire, Vallee de la (France) > Moeurs et coutumes.
France > Social life and customs > To 1328.
Loire River Valley (France) > Social life and customs.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : aristocrats and their families
  • The lands of the Loire, 1000-1200
  • Aristocratic family life
  • Aristocratic family life writ small : the Freteval, Mondoubleau, and Dives kindred
  • Inheritance : diversity and continuity
  • Marriage and the disposition of property : a sign of status?
  • Marriage : practicalities, ideologies, and affection
  • For better, not worse : wives and husbands as partners in family and lordship
  • Contestations : asserting and reasserting a place in the family
  • Conclusion : out of love for my kin.

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