Those of My Blood : Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origins of the French Nobility -- 3. Consanguinity and Noble Marriages -- 4. Family Structure and Family Consciousness in the Ninth Through Eleventh Centuries -- 5. The Bosonids, Rising to Power in the Late Carolingian Age -- 6. Patterns of Women's Names in Royal Lineages -- 7. The Migration of Women's Names in the Upper Nobility -- 8. Genealogy and Politics: The Counts of Autun and Countess Adelaide of Chalon -- 9. Twelfth-Century Family Structures -- 10. Conclusions: Family Structure and the Transformations of the Year 1000 -- Appendix A: The Problem of the Three Bernards and the Dukes of Aquitaine -- Appendix B: The Bosonids and the Family of Manasses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.

"A wonderful introduction to those new to the subject as well as a welcome contribution to the debate on the nature of the medieval nobility."--Medieval Review.

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