When Death Do Us Part: Understanding and Interpreting the Probate Records of Early Modern England (Local Population Studies S.) - Softcover

Goose, Nigel

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9780904920420: When Death Do Us Part: Understanding and Interpreting the Probate Records of Early Modern England (Local Population Studies S.)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0904920429 ISBN 13: 9780904920420
Publisher: University Of Hertfordshire Press, 2006

Synopsis

The 17 essays contained in this volume provide insight into the probate records of early modern England, focusing on three principal sources: wills, inventories, and accounts. With an emphasis on method, approach, and interpretation—demonstrated through both general discussions and a range of case studies—this reference is ideal for a wide audience, including academics and students as well as local and family historians enagaged in the investigation of communities in England.

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About the Author

Tom Arkell is an expert on the history of population and social structure in early modern England, has published articles in The Economic History Review and Local Population Studies, and is a coeditor of Surveying the People. Nesta Evans is an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Surrey–Roehampton and the author of The British Record Society, The Cambridgeshire Hearth Tax Returns, and Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury. Nigel Goose is professor of social and economic history at the University of Hertfordshire and has published articles in The Economic History Review, Local Population Studies, and Continuity and Change.

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Publisher
University Of Hertfordshire Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0904920429
ISBN 13 
9780904920420
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
448
Editor
Arkell Tom, Evans Nesta
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