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Primogeniture and entail in England : a survey of their history and representation in literature / by Zouheir Jamoussi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jamoussi, Zouheir.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Fathers and sons in literature.
- Inheritance and succession in literature.
- Inheritance and succession--England.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Primogeniture in literature.
- Primogeniture--England.
- Primogeniture.
- Birth order--England.
- Birth order.
- Brothers in literature.
- Entail--England.
- Entail.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the history and literary representation of one of the most idiosyncratic aspects of English socio-economic history, namely primogeniture as a rule governing the succession to landed estates. This double approach roughly covers the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Although this inheritance custom usually made the elder son sole heir to the whole paternal estate, to the exclusion and sometimes the utter impoverishment of the other children, and was therefore denounced as unjust...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART TWO; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; GENERAL CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14303-8
- 9786613143037
- 1-4438-3060-7
- OCLC:
- 827209305
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