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Please excuse a tangential question about dowry to the list (my excuse for
asking here is that dowry was often given during the marriage service) but
does anyone know how the system of dowry did, or was supposed to work, in
12th century England, in particular in relation to land.
As I understand it if the dowry was land, during the marriage it was joined
to land brought to the marriage by the husband, but what happened if either
the husband or wife died? Did the lands (in theory at least) remain two
separate portions, which could be disposed of as such (and did this lead to
squabbles amongst children?) or where they permanently joined as a unit.
Any help or articles anyone can point me too would be much appreciated
Chris Daniell
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