Frres et surs du Moyen ge nos jours / Brothers and Sisters from the Middle Ages to the Present

Les fratries ont-elles une histoire ? Longtemps oublies par lhistoriographie, elles suscitent aujourdhui un intrt grandissant chez les historiens, dont tmoigne cet ouvrage collectif riche dune trentaine de contributions issues de deux colloques internationaux. Mal connus, frres et surs tiennent pourtant une place centrale au sein des relations familiales. En privilgiant la longue dure et un vaste ensemble gographique, de lAmrique du Nord lEurope, les diteurs du volume ont voulu saisir leur histoire en confrontant des systmes de parent diffrents et en perptuelle transformation. Dfinir et mesurer les fratries, les analyser comme une ressource en associant stratgies collectives et trajectoires individuelles, vivre et reprsenter la fraternit enfin : autant de pistes suivies par les auteurs attentifs ne pas oublier les surs. Grce la varit des tudes rassembles ici, crire lhistoire du lien fraternel offre lopportunit de renouveler lapproche de lvolution des systmes de parent en mme 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.