Strategy versus reality: Who will inherit, who will farm and for how long? (The Třeboň Dominion In the first third of the 18th Century)
2014
Abstract
The study deals with heritage practice in the transfer of farms in the Třeboň dominion in the first third of the 18th century. No unified mechanism (principle) of inheritance existed; as a rule, the heir was the oldest son.
It deals also with the position of women farmers who ran their farms independently, in some cases for longer than a decade. These topics reveal the fact that a number of farmers ran their farm without success during this period and gave up the management of the farm.
Such an act did not bring them any significant social stigmatization.