The history of the family has become an area of great interest, yet the property arrangements entered into upon marriage, a crucial aspect of the process of familial wealth transmission and distribution in the landed classes in early modern England, have never been systematically studied. In the light of evidence provided by hitherto unused family muniments, Dr Bonfield analyses the legal, social and economic aspects of these settlements, and discusses the development and impact of the strict settlement.
| ISBN: | 9780521250214 |
| Publication date: | 23rd June 1983 |
| Author: | Lloyd Bonfield |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 136 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in English Legal History |
| Genres: |
European history History and Archaeology |