Family and inheritance: rural society in Western Europe, 1200-1800/

Other Authors: Thirsk, Joan, Thompson, E. P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976
Series:Past and present publications
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Table of Contents:
  • Goody, J. Inheritance, property and women: some comparative considerations.
  • Ladurie, E. L. Family structures and inheritance customs in sixteenth-century France.
  • Berkner, L. K. Inheritance, land tenure and peasant family structure: a German regional comparison.
  • Sabean, D. Aspects of kinship behaviour and property in rural Western Europe before 1800.
  • Howell, C. Peasant inheritance customs in the Midlands, 1280-1700.
  • Spufford, M. Peasant inheritance customs and land distribution in Cambridgeshire from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
  • Thirsk, J. The European debate on customs of inheritance, 1500-1700.
  • Cooper, J. P. Patterns of inheritance and settlement by great landowners from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
  • Thompson, E. P. The grid of inheritance: a comment.
  • Kiernan, V. G. Private property in history.