Arrangements before the "Great Passage": Testamentary Practices and their Implications (Western Europe and the Romanian Lands, 16th-19th Century)

Amidst growth in the history of mentalities - a developing research trend in Western historiography from the 1960s - there has been a greater interest in interrogating various types of historical sources, among which are testaments. Consequently, interdisciplinary analysis of this particular category of documents - that Roger Aubenas called "une source historique prometteuse" - with corroboration from information provided by other such sources, could undoubtedly offer new perspectives for a...