Foreword (János M. Bak)
CHAPTER I
Introduction
1. The "Lesser Nobility "
2. Seventeen Hundred Case
3. Genus and Generatio
4. Historical Anthropology
5. A Note on Genealogical Terminology
6. Werbőczy as a Frame of Reference
CHAPTERII
The Tripartitum and Reality .
Werbőczy's System
1. The Kindred
2. Father and Guardian
3. The Mother
4. The Offspring
5. The Ancestral Estate
6. Una Eademque Nobilitas
In the Light of the Records
1. A Military Elite
2. The Landowner
3. Marriage
4. The Solidarity of the Noble Kindred
4.1. The Right of Free Disposition and Limited Grant
4.2. Prefection
The Self-government of the County
CHAPTERIII
The Elefánthy Kindred
1. History
1.1. Origins
1.2. Between Matthew Csák and the Angevin King
1.3. A New Generation
1.4. The Fifteenth Century
2. Questions and Issues
2.1. Reproduction
2.2. Marital Strategy
2.3. The Estate
2.4. Giving and Using Names
2.5. Military Service and Familiaritas
2.6. The Church and the King
2.7. The County
CHAPTERIV
1. Epilogue
1.1. Stratification
1.2. Saturation and Impoverishment
1.3. Familiaritas as aStrategy
Notes
Notes to Foreword
Notes to Chapter 1
Notes to Chapter 2
Notes to Chapter 3
Notes to Epilogue
List of Abbreviations
Gazetteer of Geographical Names
List of Figures
List of Tables