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Land and Peasant in Preindustrial England - Land, Family and Inheritance in Transition: Kibworth Harcourt, 1280–1700. By Cicely Howell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp. xvi + 332. $59.50 (cloth).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2014

J. M. W. Bean*
Affiliation:
Columbia University

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