Linda Tollerton

Wills and Will-Making in Anglo-Saxon England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the implications and practices of wills and will-making in Anglo-Saxon society, and of the varieties of inheritance strategies and commemorative arrangements adopted.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781903153376
• ISBN-10: 1903153379
• Artikelnr.: 33327928

Autorenporträt

Linda Tollerton

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Anglo-Saxon written wills: the nature of the evidence The
process of will-making Politics, power and the bequest of land Lay bequest
of land: pious gifts and family strategy The bequest of movable wealth
Wills, commemoration and lay piety Conclusion: Why make a written will in
Anglo-Saxon England? Appendix 1: The corpus of Anglo-Saxon wills Appendix
2: The evidence for wills and will-making in the Liber Eliensis and
Chronicon Rameseiensis Appendix 3: The bequest of movable wealth Appendix
4: Local churches mentioned in wills Appendix 5: Note on unpublished
material by Patrick Wormald Bibliography