Machine derived contents note: List of figures, maps and tables -- Preface -- 1. Perspectives -- 2. Two sides to the Mediterranean -- 3. Change in the German lands -- 4. Cousins and widows, adoptees and concubines -- 5. From sect to Church -- 6. Church, land and family in the West -- 7. Reformation and reform -- 8. The hidden economy of kinship -- 9. The spiritual and the natural -- Appendices -- References and bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
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Europe - Social life and customs
Europe Marriage & kinship Effects of gifts of real property to Christian church 300-1500