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9780631172840 Spain, 1157-1300; a partible inheritance.
A few children stayed at home, such as the designated heir of a peasant household in areas of impartible inheritance, or peasant boys indiscriminately in areas of partible inheritance; likewise, the son or sons likely to inherit from a merchant father.
An investigation of over 600 wills has revealed that, in fact, Britain's burgeoning middle class was finding reasons to prefer partible inheritance above primogeniture--an arrangement which served the purposes of a landholding elite.
 
 
 
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