Freres et s?urs du Moyen Age a nos jours / Brothers and Sisters from the Middle Ages to the Present, Fabrice Boudjaaba, Christine Dousset, Sylvie Mouysset

Les fratries ont-elles une histoire ? Longtemps oubli?es par l’historiographie, elles suscitent aujourd’hui un int?r?t grandissant chez les historiens, dont t?moigne cet ouvrage collectif riche d’une trentaine de contributions issues de deux colloques internationaux. Mal connus, fr?res et s?urs tiennent pourtant une place centrale au sein des relations familiales. En privil?giant la longue dur?e et un vaste ensemble g?ographique, de l’Am?rique du Nord ? l’Europe, les ?diteurs du volume ont voulu saisir leur histoire en confrontant des syst?mes de parent? diff?rents et en perp?tuelle transformation. D?finir et mesurer les fratries, les analyser comme une ressource en associant strat?gies collectives et trajectoires individuelles, vivre et repr?senter la fraternit? enfin : autant de pistes suivies par les auteurs attentifs ? ne pas oublier les s?urs. Gr?ce ? la vari?t? des ?tudes rassembl?es ici, ?crire l’histoire du lien fraternel offre l’opportunit? de renouveler l’approche de l’?volution des syst?mes de parent? en m?me temps que celle des relations familiales.

Do brotherhood and sisterhood have a history? They have long been forgotten by historiography but now are benefitting from a growing interest from historians. This collective work, with thirty contributions from historians from different countries, testifies to this new interest. Although badly known, brothers and sisters occupy a central place in family relations. By emphasizing the long term and a large geographical area, from North America to Europe, the editors of this volume wish to seize their history by confronting different systems of kinship that are constantly evolving. To define and measure sibling relationships, to analyze them as a resource through the association of collective strategies and individual trajectories, to live and represent brother and sisterhood: these are the paths followed by the authors who have been careful not to forget sisters. Thanks to the variety of the studies assembled here, writing the history of fraternal relations offers the opportunity to renew approaches to the evolution of both kinship and family relations.