Mediation and the Discourse of Property Transfer in Early Modern Europe.

Rural History ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Siddle
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Property Transfer ◽  
The Future ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The Village

On the 25th June 1789, Jean Louis Varey, of the village of St Ferreole near Faverges in Haute Savoie, met Jean Burdet in the local inn to discuss the future of a field the latter had rented from Varey's father. After the conclusion of this business they took a glass of wine specifically with four others: Jean Baptiste Prevost, the son of the notary, and three local peasant householders Jean Roderigue, Pierre Raucaz and Aime Guignon. Many others were also in attendance. Varey had recently returned to his home after a period of time trading in France, and he clearly fancied himself as something of an enterpreneur. The others thought him a bit above himself.

scholarly journals A CASA COMO MODELO ORGANIZACIONAL DAS NOBREZAS DE SÃO MIGUEL (AÇORES) NO SÉCULO XVIII

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Damião Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Consanguineous Marriages ◽  
Property Transfer ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The Way

Na Europa Moderna, o modelo central de organização dos grupos domésticos era o da casa. No arquipélago dos Açores, cujo povoamento se iniciou a partir de 1439, a casa era também a estrutura organizadora do universo nobiliárquico local, em estreita relação com o sistema vincular. A vinculação, associada às práticas endogâmicas e consanguíneas e ao sistema de transmissão de bens por via das alianças matrimoniais, constituiu um poderoso instrumento de reprodução social das nobrezas insulares. Neste artigo, são apresentados alguns dados relativos ao modo como as nobrezas locais da ilha de São Miguel utilizaram o morgadio como instrumento de reprodução social no século XVIII e aos problemas de gestão da casa nobre. Abstract In Early Modern Europe, the central model of the organization of domestic groups was the household. In the archipelago of the Azores, where settlement began in 1439, household was also the reference for the organization of local nobilities, in close connection with the system of entail. The entail, in association with endogamy and consanguineous marriages and the system of property transfer by means of matrimonial alliances, was a powerful tool converted by the Azorean gentry into a means of social reproduction. In this paper, we present some data concerning the way the gentry of the island of São Miguel used the entail with that purpose in the 18th century and also the management of the noble household.

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