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Planning for death : wills and death-related property arrangements in Europe, 1200-1600 /
The volume 'Planning for Death: Wills and Death-Related Property Arrangements in Europe, 1200-1600' analyses death-related property transfers in several European regions (England, Poland, Italy, South Tirol, and Sweden). Laws and customary practice provided a legal framework for all post-m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2018.
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| Colección: | Medieval law and its practice ;
volume 23 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The volume 'Planning for Death: Wills and Death-Related Property Arrangements in Europe, 1200-1600' analyses death-related property transfers in several European regions (England, Poland, Italy, South Tirol, and Sweden). Laws and customary practice provided a legal framework for all post-mortem property devolution. However, personal preference and varied succession strategies meant that individuals could plan for death by various legal means. These individual legal acts could include matrimonial property arrangements (marriage contracts, morning gifts) and legal means of altering heirship by subtracting or adding heirs. Wills and testamentary practice are given special attention, while the volume also discusses the timing of the legal acts, suggesting that while some people made careful and timely arrangements, others only reacted to sudden events. -- |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9789004365704 9004365702 |