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1 online resource (348 pages) |
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Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON THE REFERENCES; INTRODUCTION; 1. Anglo-Saxon written wills: the nature of the evidence; 2. The process of will-making; 3. Politics, power and the bequest of land; 4. Lay bequest of land: pious gifts and family strategy; 5. The bequest of movable wealth; 6. Wills, commemoration and lay piety; CONCLUSION: Why make a written will in Anglo-Saxon England?; APPENDICES; 1 The corpus of Anglo-Saxon wills; 2 The evidence for wills and will-making in the Liber Eliensis and Chronicon Abbatiæ Rameseiensis |
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3 The bequest of movable wealth4 Local churches mentioned in wills; 5 Note on unpublished material by Patrick Wormald; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover |
| Summary |
A remarkable series of Anglo-Saxon wills have survived, spanning the period from the beginning of the ninth century to the years immediately following the Norman Conquest. Written in Old English, they reflect the significance of the vernacular, not only in royal administration during this period, but in the recording of a range of individual transactions. They show wealthy laymen and women, and clerics, from kings and bishops to those of thegnly status, disposing of land and chattels, and recognising ties of kinship, friendship, lordship and service through their bequests; and whilst land is o |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-320) and index |
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Print version record |
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Law, Anglo-Saxon.
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Probate records -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Wills -- England -- History -- To 1500
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REFERENCE -- Genealogy & Heraldry.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Law, Anglo-Saxon
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Probate records
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Wills
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Testament
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England
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England
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846158513 |
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1846158516 |
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