Suzanne Desan is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jeffrey Merrick is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

“Family, Gender, and Law in Early Modern France is a very well-conceptualized and extremely coherent volume, offering an excellent introduction to recent trends and new directions in the field of family history in early modern France.”—Michael Breen, Reed College

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Making and Breaking Marriage: An Overview of Old Regime Marriage as a Social PracticeSuzanne Desan2. Marriage Choice and Marital Success: Reasoning About Marriage, Love, and HappinessDena Goodman3. Family Affairs: Wives, Credit, Consumption, and the Law in Old Regime FranceClare Crowston4. Between State and Street: Witnesses and the Family Politics of Litigation in Early Modern FranceJulie Hardwick5. Marital Conflict in Political Context: Langeac vs. Chambonas, 1775Jeffrey Merrick6. Gender, Kin, and Guardianship in Early Modern BurgundyChristopher Corley7. On the Contested Margins of the Family: Bastardy and Legitimation by Royal Rescript in Eighteenth-Century FranceMatthew GerberSuggested ReadingsContributorsIndex

Suzanne Desan is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jeffrey Merrick is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

“Family, Gender, and Law in Early Modern France is a very well-conceptualized and extremely coherent volume, offering an excellent introduction to recent trends and new directions in the field of family history in early modern France.”—Michael Breen, Reed College

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Making and Breaking Marriage: An Overview of Old Regime Marriage as a Social PracticeSuzanne Desan2. Marriage Choice and Marital Success: Reasoning About Marriage, Love, and HappinessDena Goodman3. Family Affairs: Wives, Credit, Consumption, and the Law in Old Regime FranceClare Crowston4. Between State and Street: Witnesses and the Family Politics of Litigation in Early Modern FranceJulie Hardwick5. Marital Conflict in Political Context: Langeac vs. Chambonas, 1775Jeffrey Merrick6. Gender, Kin, and Guardianship in Early Modern BurgundyChristopher Corley7. On the Contested Margins of the Family: Bastardy and Legitimation by Royal Rescript in Eighteenth-Century FranceMatthew GerberSuggested ReadingsContributorsIndex

Suzanne Desan is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jeffrey Merrick is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

“Family, Gender, and Law in Early Modern France is a very well-conceptualized and extremely coherent volume, offering an excellent introduction to recent trends and new directions in the field of family history in early modern France.”—Michael Breen, Reed College

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Making and Breaking Marriage: An Overview of Old Regime Marriage as a Social PracticeSuzanne Desan2. Marriage Choice and Marital Success: Reasoning About Marriage, Love, and HappinessDena Goodman3. Family Affairs: Wives, Credit, Consumption, and the Law in Old Regime FranceClare Crowston4. Between State and Street: Witnesses and the Family Politics of Litigation in Early Modern FranceJulie Hardwick5. Marital Conflict in Political Context: Langeac vs. Chambonas, 1775Jeffrey Merrick6. Gender, Kin, and Guardianship in Early Modern BurgundyChristopher Corley7. On the Contested Margins of the Family: Bastardy and Legitimation by Royal Rescript in Eighteenth-Century FranceMatthew GerberSuggested ReadingsContributorsIndex