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Title:
Wills and Will-Making in Anglo-Saxon England.
Author:
Tollerton, Linda.
ISBN:
9781846158513
Publication Information:
Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, 2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (348 pages)
Abstract:
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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