Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-251) and index.
Property and inheritance laws in the Muscovite period -- The petrine revolution -- "Everyone sees the world from his own bell tower": the law of single inheritance and its repeal -- Fool's gold : property legislation under Catherine II -- Women, inheritance, and the boundaries of kinship -- The best laid plans : the problem of the childless landowner -- The long arm of the law : redemption and confiscation -- The many dimensions of noble insecurity