Excerpt from Uncle and Nephew in the Old French Chansons De Geste: A Study in the Survival of Matriarchy It is hoped that the summaries of chapters in the table of contents will serve the purpose of an index, which it seemed in advisable to make. The topic was first suggested to the writer some years ago by Professor Raymond Weeks, who graciously furnished many notes which he had already made to him is due also the writer's gratitude for many helpful suggestions and comments during the course of the investigation. The Romance Department at Columbia has been ever ready to supplement the information available, Dr. J L. Geri-g ih. Particular having pointed out the path in Celtic fields. Much of this study has been read before the Seminar in Romance Philology at Columbia, conducted by Professor H. A. Todd, the indebtedness to whom cannot be fitly expressed - not only have his keen judgment and accurate scholarship been called upon and given without stint, but his sympathetic interest has gone far to make possible the comple tion of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.