Law, Land, and Family

Aristocratic Inheritance in England, 1300 to 1800
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-8078-4642-1
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 372 g

Reihe: Studies in Legal History

Eileen Spring presents an interpretation of the history of inheritance among the English gentry and aristocracy. In a work that recasts both the history of real property law and the history of the family, she argues that one of the principal and determinative features of upper-class inheritance was the virtual exclusion of females from land holding. Tracing the gradual nullification of common law rules under which 40 per cent of English land would have been inherited or held by women, Spring seeks to makes possible a fuller understanding of the social history of land law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spring, Eileen

Über Autor(innen)

Eileen Spring is an independent scholar who lives in Baltimore, Maryland.