The Gypsies

The Gypsies
Contents
	Translator’s Foreword
	List of Illustrations
	List of Drawings
Introduction
1. Origins
	Legends
		Gypsies and the Bible
		Gypsies and the East
	Hypotheses
		Gypsies and the Jews
		Gypsies and the Forge
		Gypsies and India
	Supplement: The Various Groups of Gypsies
		The Kalderash Gypsies
		The Gitanos (Gitans in France)
		The Manush (les Manouches in France)
		Note on the word ‘Gypsy’ and its equivalents
2. History
	The Dispersion of the Gypsies
	Appearance in Europe
	Dates of the Appearance of Gypsies in Europe
	Gypsies in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
	Names given to the Gypsies
	Gypsies and the ‘Dangerous Classes’
	Gypsies and Witchcraft
		Gypsies and the Sabbath
		Gypsies and the Fairies
	Gypsies and Repressions
	Gypsies in France under the Old Régime
		Gypsies in the Basque Country
	Gypsies in the Rest of Europe during their Past
		Gypsies in the Balkans
		Gypsies in Romania
		Gypsies in Hungary
		Gypsies in Russia
		Gypsies in Germany
		Gypsies in Poland
		Gypsies in Scandinavia
		Gypsies in Britain
		Gypsies in Spain
	Gypsies in the Nineteenth Century
	Gypsies and Romanticism
3. Occupations
	Choice of Occupations
	Gypsy Blacksmiths and Workers in Metals
	Gypsy Horse-Traders
	Gypsy Bear-Leaders
	Music and Dancing
	Arts of Divination
4. Traditions
	Tribal Organization
		Adoption and Exclusion
		Authority
		Matriarchy
		Justice
	Gypsy Law or Tradition
		Oral Tradition and the Absence of Writing
	Religious Beliefs
		Mythology
		Sara, the Black Virgin
	Demonology
	Magic
	Pharmacopoeia and Medical Magic
	Witchcraft
5. Everyday Life
	Sterility and Fertility
	Pregnancy and Childbirth
	Birth and Baptism
	Puberty and Virginity
	Love
	Betrothal and Marriage
	Matters of Sex
	Clothes and Finery
	Habitat and Means of Transport
	Food and Cookery
	Hygiene
	Death and Funeral Rites
6. Language and Means of Expression
	Gypsy Language
	Handwriting
	Means of Expression
7. Gypsies and Society
	Nomadism
	Gypsies in the World Today
		Spain
		Britain
		Belgium
		Germany
		Communist Countries
	Gypsies and Non-Gypsies
Supplementary Notes on British and American Gypsies by the Translator
Bibliography
Supplementary Bibliography
Index