Frontmatter -- FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- 0. INTRODUCTION -- 1. MEDIEVAL FRENCH SOCIETY -- 2. FORMATION OF THE FRENCH KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY -- 3. THE STRUCTURE OF THE FRENCH KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY -- 4. KINSHIP RELATIONSHIPS IN FRENCH FOLK LITERATURE -- 5. THE EVOLUTION OF DOMESTIC LAW AND THE FORMATION OF THE MODERN FAMILY -- 6. CONCLUDING CHAPTER -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX I. FRENCH KINSHIP IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY -- APPENDIX II. I = 0.5R-(A+ 1) -- APPENDIX III. UNITS -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS