Land, Family and Inheritance in Transition : Kibworth Harcourt 1280–1700 (Paperback)

Aerial view of Kibworth Harcourt, 1947; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Kibworth Harcourt: it geography and early history; 2. Land and tenants; 3. Administration; 4. The plagues and their consequences, 1348?1450; 5. Kibworth in the early modern period, 1450?1700; 6. The open fields and husbandry; 7. Village morphology and buildings; 8. The economy of the small landholder; 9. The size and composition of the peasant household; 10. Inheritance strategies; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.