Family and inheritance : rural society in Western Europe, 1200-18 00 / edited by Jack Goody, Joan Thirsk, E. P. Thompson. - Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1 976. - vi, 421 p. : maps ; 23 cm. - Past and present publications .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Goody, J. Inheritance, property and women: some comparative consider ations.--Ladurie, E. L. Family structures and inheritance customs in si xteenth-century France.--Berkner, L. K. Inheritance, land tenure and pe asant family structure: a German regional comparison.--Sabean, D. Aspec ts of kinship behaviour and property in rural Western Europe before 180 0.--Howell, C. Peasant inheritance customs in the Midlands, 1280-1700.- -Spufford, M. Peasant inheritance customs and land distribution in Camb ridgeshire 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 f ifteenth to the eighteenth centuries.--Thompson, E. P. The grid of inhe ritance: a comment.--Kiernan, V. G. Private property in history.

0521212464


Land tenure-- History-- Europe-- Congresses.
Inheritance and succession-- History-- Europe-- Congresses.
Peasants-- History-- Europe-- Congresses.
Families-- History-- Europe-- Congresses.

333.3234094