0 a written statement especially of what one wants to be done with one’s personal property after one dies -- závěť
This is his last will and testament.
In contrast, women gradually became more active as executors of testaments written by men.
We need courage to recognize these as far more useful for life in the role of testaments and 'witnesses'.
The composition of testaments needs to be understood within the context of the larger impact of the spread of literacy in the indigenous world.
Therefore, rather than totting up the numbers of testaments, an attempt was made to study replacement rates based on the sample wills.
The value of testaments for the study of social topography is undisputed.
A disproportionate percentage of indigenous testaments represent the established nobility and the well-off, as might be expected.
Second, it examines the impact that the composition of testaments had on the indigenous members of the colonial societies.
Every contribution adds materially to a deeper understanding of indigenous testaments.
