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TESTAMENT

Testamentary practices at the periphery of the ius commune tradition:
freedom and oppression

(c. 1420–1620)

What we do

Research – analytical model

Research

A new analytical model for placing concrete situations on a continuum between freedom and unfreedom in post-mortal property transfer, grounded in six comparative case studies.

Research programme
Training network

Training network

Interdisciplinary doctoral training integrating social and legal history, with network-wide schools, monthly meetings, and secondments beyond academia.

Training
Open science and engagement

Open science & public engagement

Open Access publications, reusable datasets and editions, plus outreach activities that connect past power systems to present questions of inequality.

News and events

TESTAMENT project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under the grant agreement No 101226689.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.