In Early Modern England Farm Families, The Inheritance Of Land To Explore

From the issue of the land inheritance about England peasant in Early Modern, this thesis reveals the effects which land inheritance bring to English economic society. From other side, it also shows a process that English transits from traditional society to Modern society. And it generalizes the significance of this thesis and the present studying condition. The auther lays more stress on analyzing the land inheritance, and explores how to protect the living of non-heirs. This text primarily is divided into three parts.Chapter one, firstly discusses the custom of land inheritacne in Early Modern, different inheritances from different areas. Then analyzes the issues of land inheritance which are mainly between children and wife. Chapter two, analyzes land inheritance and how to protect family members living. Parents retired from production field need to sign maintenance agreement, or make wills to protect their daily life. Non-heirs may choose to help to do farm work at home, to enter the church as saint, and to enter the cities, which may protect their living. Chapter three , discusses the effects of land inheritance to English economic society. Land inheritance of peasant family in Early Modern can naturally result in a group of people who hardly live depending with the land. It also promotes population mobility. The inheritance from parents-to-children to transactions reveals the development of land market. The customs of impartible inheritance and partible inheritance of land lead to emerge the nuclear family and noe-core family in different areas.In the end, it summaries the issue of the land inheritance about England peasant in Early Modern, showing the effects of land heritance to economic society, emphasizing the function of land inheritance during the transitional period in modern capitalism.