Wills and Will-Making in Anglo-Saxon EnglandPDF电子书下载

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Introduction 1

1. Anglo-Saxon written wills: the nature of the evidence 11

2. The process of will-making 56

3. Politics, power and the bequest of land 80

4. Lay bequest of land: pious gifts and family strategy 140

5. The bequest of movable wealth 180

6. Wills, commemoration and lay piety 228

Conclusion: Why make a written will in Anglo-Saxon England? 279

Appendices 285

1 The corpus of Anglo-Saxon wills 285

2 The evidence for wills and will-making in the Liber Eliensis and Chronicon Abbati?e Rameseiensis 289

3 The bequest of movable wealth 295

4 Local churches mentioned in wills 299

5 Note on unpublished material by Patrick Wormald 302

Bibliography 305

Index 321

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