Ordnung, Kooperation und Konflikt in sptmittelalterlichen Testamenten

Publisher: Duncker & Humblot

E-ISSN: 1865-5599|37|3|375-409

ISSN: 0340-0174

Source: Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, Vol.37, Iss.3, 2010-07, pp. : 375-409

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Abstract

Ever since Chiffoleau's seminal study, medieval testaments have been seen as a privileged source by researchers of medieval social structure and mentality. The article builds on this tradition, using the evidence of 15th-century testaments from the North German city of Lneburg, insofar as it inquires into the social constellations within which testaments were made, and how these constellations made an impact on testamentary practice. However, it also asks how testamentary practice itself shaped social constellations, most notably through the highly idiosyncratic institution of testamentary executors.