History of Wills, Testators and Their Families in Late Medieval Krakow: Tools of Power by Wysmulek, Jakub

History of Wills, Testators and Their Families in Late Medieval Krakow: Tools of Power (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004448162)

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History of Wills, Testators and Their Families in Late Medieval Krakow: Tools of Power by Wysmulek, Jakub

History of Wills, Testators and Their Families in Late Medieval Krakow: Tools of Power

$163.00
History of Wills, Testators and Their Families in Late Medieval Krakow: Tools of Power by Wysmulek, Jakub

History of Wills, Testators and Their Families in Late Medieval Krakow: Tools of Power

$163.00
Format: Hardcover
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This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of wills in late medieval Krakow. It presents the origins of testamentary acts in the Kingdom of Poland and its centre, Krakow, and their subsequent transformation from so called 'canonical wills' to 'communal wills'. Wysmulek discusses the socio-cultural role of wills and sets them in their contemporary legal, social, and economic context. In doing so, he uncovers their influence on property ownership and family relations in the city, as well as on the religious practices of the burghers. Ultimately, this work seeks to change the perception of wills by treating the testamentary act itself as an important agent of historical social change - a 'tool of power'.

Author: Jakub Wysmulek
ISBN-10: 9004448160
ISBN-13: 9789004448162
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2021
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.94d
By Jakub Wysmulek
By Jakub Wysmulek
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Jakub Wysmulek, Ph.D., (2013), University of Warsaw, is a historian and sociologist at the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw). His main fields of research are premodern urban social history and collective memory in the contemporary world.

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