Family and Inheritance: Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200-1800 - Brossura

Goody, Jack

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ISBN 10: 0521293545 ISBN 13: 9780521293549

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

This pioneering book examines different aspects of the inheritance customs in rural Western Europe in the pre-industrial age.

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Descrizione del libro

This pioneering book examines different aspects of the inheritance customs in rural Western Europe in the pre-industrial age: for families and whole societies, the roles of lawyers in reducing them to a common system, and the recurring debate on the merits of various inheritance customs in shaping particular kinds of society.

Contenuti

Introduction Jack Goody; 1. Inheritance, property and women: some comparative considerations Jack Goody; 2. Family structures and inheritance customs in sixteenth century France Emmanuel Le Roy Laudrie; 3. Inheritance, land tenure and peasant family structure: a German regional comparison Lutz K. Berkner; 4. Aspects of kinship behaviours and property in rural Western Europe before 1800 David Sabean; 5. Peasant inheritance customs in the Midlands, 1280–1700 Cicley Howell; 6. Peasant inheritance customs and land distribution in Cambridgeshire from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries Margaret Spufford; 7. The European debate on customs of inheritance, 1500–1700 Jan Thirsk; 8. Patterns of inheritance and settlement by great landowners from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries J. P. Cooper; 9. The grid of inheritance: a comment E. P. Thompson; 10. Private property in history V. G. Kieran; Glossary; Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521293545
• ISBN 13: 9780521293549
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 428
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; Francia