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Re: HBD -- Farming and Inheritance |
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Posted by JayMan on Tue May 1 09:55:23 2012, in response to Re: HBD, posted by SMAZ on Tue May 1 07:58:06 2012. You're saying that they were not this way at any point in their history, particularly the period between 1500-1900? That's a serious question, as more data is always needed.That said, that map is very much a rough, tentative outlay, not something that is totally accurate. Numerous refinements show that the real picture regarding European family structures is a bit more complex. I will point out another more interesting fit emerges when one looks at the farming systems of Western Europe, 1500-1900:  Does that now make more sense? I have a feeling this "egalitarian inheritance" bit applied only to the wealthy landowners, since the average Joe Schmo probably had nothing to bequeath. |
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