Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia

by Constance Brittain Bouchard

For those who ruled medieval society, the family was the crucial social unit, made up of those from whom property and authority were inherited and those to whom it passed. One's kin could be one's closest political and military allies or one's fiercest enemies. While the general term used to describe family members was consanguinei mei, "those of my blood," not all of those relations-parents, siblings, children, distant cousins, maternal relatives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812235908
• ISBN13: 9780812235906
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"