Exploring property law through the lens of disputed wills, this book offers an intriguing insight into seventeenth-century English society. It highlights evolving notions of property and inheritance, while poignant case accounts illustrate the law's challenges in addressing complex, real-life situations.
Exploring the evolution of familial structures, this book delves into the significance of family history and its impact on personal identity. It examines various cultural, social, and historical contexts that shape family dynamics, offering insights into how these relationships influence individual lives and societal norms. Through compelling narratives and research, it highlights the importance of understanding one's lineage and the broader implications of family heritage in contemporary society.
This collection of reports aims to establish a basis for comparing seigneurial courts in pre-modern Europe, primarily through the lens of medievalists. A definition of seigneurial courts was necessary due to the diverse legal heritages involved. One key observation is that on the Continent, where central courts were less dominant, the notion of seigneurial jurisdiction appears more flexible. The contributors examine how lords governed the legal relations of their vassals within various jurisdictions in medieval and early modern Europe, placing seigneurial courts within their national contexts alongside other forums. The reports also explore the origins and nature of substantive law applied in these courts. In England, significant developments occurred during the medieval period regarding how cases were presented in manorial courts and how claims were substantiated. The findings provide a framework for further study, highlighting both similarities and differences between seigneurial jurisdictions in England and the Continent. Notably, seigneurial jurisdictions seemed to persist longer on the Continent and catered to a broader social strata. However, the most striking aspect revealed by the reports is the shared procedural similarities and the processes of custom-making across these courts.
InhaltsverzeichnisInhalt: P. Godding, Le Droit au Service du Patrimoine Familial: les Pays-Bas Méridionaux - R. Feenstra, Family, Property and Succession in the Province of Holland during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - M. Bellomo, La Struttura Patrimoniale della Famiglia Italiana nel Tardo Medioevo - A. Romano, Successioni e difesa del patriomonio familiae nel Regno di Sicilia - M. C. Zorzoli, Della Famiglia e del Suo Patrimonio: Riflessioni sull'uso del Fedecommesso in Lombardia tra Cinque e Seicento - B. Clavero, Favor Maioratus, Usus Hispaniae: Moralidad de Linaje entre Castilla y Europa - M. Petitjean, Eléments d'une Politique Patrimoniale de l'Aristocratie à Travers l'Example Bourguignon - L. Bonfield, Property Settlements on Marriage in England from the Anglo-Saxons to the Mid-Eighteenth Century - R. H. Helmholz, The English Law of Wills and the „Ius Commune“ - M. M. Sheehan, The Bequest of Land in England in the High Middle Ages: Testaments and the Law - C. Donahue, Jr., English and French Marriage Cases in the Later Middle Ages: Might the Difference be Explained by Differences in the Property Systems?