To Have, to Hold, and to Vanquish: Property and Inheritance in the History of Marriage and Surnames
Surnames, introduced to England with the Norman Conquest of 1066, became commonly hereditary from parent to child around the fifteenth century. Yet during that time and beyond, women sometimes retained their birth names at marriage, men sometimes adopted the surnames of their wives, and children and...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sciendo
2016-04-01
|
| Series: | British Journal of American Legal Studies |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/bjals-2016-0007 |