Law, Land, and Family
Subtitle: Aristocratic Inheritance in England, 1300 to 1800 (Studies in Legal History)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 5, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780807846421
Subjects: English law: equity & trusts; English law: property (real estate); English law: wills & probate; Family & relationships; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Social groups & communities; Social history; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Property Law; History - General History; Law; England; Europe - Great Britain - General; Gender Studies; Legal History; English gentry; English aristocracy; inheritance law; real property; history of the family; exlusion of females from land holding; Studies in Legal History; Law / Legal History; Property
First sentence: By the common law rules of inheritance women in English landed society felly into two classes.