CONTENTS

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I.

Of the Germans before they left their Woods.

SECTION I.

The Institution . Government , and Character of theGermanic Tribes . .... Page i

SECTION II.

An Idea of the German Women. . . n

SECTION III.

Of Marriage and Modesty. . . . 16

CHAPTER II.

The political Establishments of the Barbariansafter they had made Conquests.

SECTION I.

The Barbaric Conquests The Origin of the Domainsof the Prince , and of Allodidlity. The Lands ojthe Tijc. I he Foundation of the Feudal Association,the Rife of the Feudal Grant , and Genius oj theFeudal System. . - . ' . 22