Family and Inheritance: Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200-1800 (Past and Present Publications) - Softcover

Goody, Jack

 
9780521293549: Family and Inheritance: Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200-1800 (Past and Present Publications)

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

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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.

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9780521212465: Family and Inheritance: Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200–1800 (Past and Present Publications)

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ISBN 10:  0521212464 ISBN 13:  9780521212465
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1976
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