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GCSE English Literature · key term
The practice of passing an estate principally to the eldest son, which could leave younger sons with smaller inheritances.
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Paper 1
Revise: Class and wealthPrimogeniture helps explain this difference: the principal estate generally passed to the eldest son. Fitzwilliam says that expensive habits make men of his rank dependent on money when choosing a wife.
Component 2
The practice by which the eldest son usually inherited the principal family estate, leaving younger children with smaller inheritances.
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Primogeniture helps explain the gap between his rank and his financial independence.
