International audienceSharing economic resources can be a problem when the interests of the couple clash with the interests of kin or lineage, particulary for the wife. When parents give a dowry to daughters, they reduce their own financial situation and the future situation of their sons. But, during the Old Regime, Norman custom was stipulating the exclusion of endowed daughters from land inheritance to preserve the interests of the male lineage, because land was the essential element of patrimony in rural society before the Industrial Revolution. Studying the Norman dowry system, this paper means to explore the tensions (or outright conflict) between the economic interests of daughters and the economic interests of their families, especi...
Summary. — The genealogical relationships within the village of Arthez d'Asson (Beam, French western...
In 1689, Marie Guerey's marriage was "set up" by her grandmother. In so doing, the latter effected t...
When the French Civil Code forbids marriage and marries the deceased. Individuals have always struc...
This paper investigates the practice whereby relatives requested the imprisonment of widows and sing...
Résumé: On examine dans ce texte les demandes d’internement formées par des parents contre des veuve...
Cet article étudie l'évolution des contrats de mariage, des régimes matrimoniaux et de la dot en Fra...
Inheritance Practices and Institutions in Auvergne and Limousin under the Monarchy Located in the ...
Inheritance Practices and Institutions in Auvergne and Limousin under the Monarchy Located in the ...
In a large village in the Perche, between Beauce and Normandie, an aristocracy of merchant-farmers b...
THE ABSOLUTE BIRTHRIGHT IN THE CENTRAL PYRENEES AND THE CONJUNCT'S RANK OF BIRTH Under the Ancien Re...
In a large village in the Perche, between Beauce and Normandie, an aristocracy of merchant-farmers b...
In that article we first observe some aspects of consanguinity relationship in french nobility. In t...
In that article we first observe some aspects of consanguinity relationship in french nobility. In t...
When the French Civil Code forbids marriage and marries the deceased. Individuals have always struc...
Summary. — The genealogical relationships within the village of Arthez d'Asson (Beam, French western...
Summary. — The genealogical relationships within the village of Arthez d'Asson (Beam, French western...
In 1689, Marie Guerey's marriage was "set up" by her grandmother. In so doing, the latter effected t...
When the French Civil Code forbids marriage and marries the deceased. Individuals have always struc...
This paper investigates the practice whereby relatives requested the imprisonment of widows and sing...
Résumé: On examine dans ce texte les demandes d’internement formées par des parents contre des veuve...
Cet article étudie l'évolution des contrats de mariage, des régimes matrimoniaux et de la dot en Fra...
Inheritance Practices and Institutions in Auvergne and Limousin under the Monarchy Located in the ...
Inheritance Practices and Institutions in Auvergne and Limousin under the Monarchy Located in the ...
In a large village in the Perche, between Beauce and Normandie, an aristocracy of merchant-farmers b...
THE ABSOLUTE BIRTHRIGHT IN THE CENTRAL PYRENEES AND THE CONJUNCT'S RANK OF BIRTH Under the Ancien Re...
In a large village in the Perche, between Beauce and Normandie, an aristocracy of merchant-farmers b...
In that article we first observe some aspects of consanguinity relationship in french nobility. In t...
In that article we first observe some aspects of consanguinity relationship in french nobility. In t...
When the French Civil Code forbids marriage and marries the deceased. Individuals have always struc...
Summary. — The genealogical relationships within the village of Arthez d'Asson (Beam, French western...
Summary. — The genealogical relationships within the village of Arthez d'Asson (Beam, French western...
In 1689, Marie Guerey's marriage was "set up" by her grandmother. In so doing, the latter effected t...
When the French Civil Code forbids marriage and marries the deceased. Individuals have always struc...