Inheritance Practice and the Elderly in Central Europe: The Example of Western Bohemia

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Inheritance Practice and the Elderly in Central Europe: The Example of Western Bohemia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The study deals with the influence of inheritance law on generational change and on the position of retired farmers in their old age. It is based on research, carried out in the domain of Šťáhlavy in western Bohemia for the period 1700 – 1850. In Bohemia, until 1787, it was the farmer’s youngest son who inherited the farm. The father only rarely lived long enough to see his heir grow into major age and to enjoy his life in retirement. His choice of the moment of property transfer to the next generation was rather limited. This situation changed after 1787, when a royal decree was issued stipulating that it should now be the oldest son to inherit the family farm, unless the father decided differently in his testament. A gradual introduction of this rule enabled fathers to enjoy much more freedom in their decisions on their specific family situations. Also, when the farmers no longer had to run their farm for as long as possible, they retired at a younger age than before – mostly around sixty years of age. Only those farmers who died before reaching sixty held the farm until their death.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Inheritance Practice and the Elderly in Central Europe: The Example of Western Bohemia

Popis výsledku anglicky

The study deals with the influence of inheritance law on generational change and on the position of retired farmers in their old age. It is based on research, carried out in the domain of Šťáhlavy in western Bohemia for the period 1700 – 1850. In Bohemia, until 1787, it was the farmer’s youngest son who inherited the farm. The father only rarely lived long enough to see his heir grow into major age and to enjoy his life in retirement. His choice of the moment of property transfer to the next generation was rather limited. This situation changed after 1787, when a royal decree was issued stipulating that it should now be the oldest son to inherit the family farm, unless the father decided differently in his testament. A gradual introduction of this rule enabled fathers to enjoy much more freedom in their decisions on their specific family situations. Also, when the farmers no longer had to run their farm for as long as possible, they retired at a younger age than before – mostly around sixty years of age. Only those farmers who died before reaching sixty held the farm until their death.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

AB - Dějiny

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

The History of Families and Households: Comparative European Dimensions

ISBN

978-90-04-30785-8

Počet stran výsledku

24

Strana od-do

232-255

Počet stran knihy

263

Název nakladatele

Brill

Místo vydání

Leiden

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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