Primogeniture and Entail in England :: a Survey of Their History and Representation in Literature.

This book examines the history and literary representation of one of the most idiosyncratic aspects of English socio-economic history, namely primogeniture as a rule governing the succession to landed estates. This double approach roughly covers the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Although this inher...

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1. Verfasser: Jamoussi, Zouheir
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:This book examines the history and literary representation of one of the most idiosyncratic aspects of English socio-economic history, namely primogeniture as a rule governing the succession to landed estates. This double approach roughly covers the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Although this inheritance custom usually made the elder son sole heir to the whole paternal estate, to the exclusion and sometimes the utter impoverishment of the other children, and was therefore denounced as unjust ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (302 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781443830607
1443830607
9781443828642
1443828645
1283143038
9781283143035

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