ostfalians

Updated: May 21, 2025

When the husband died, his estate did not go to wife, but to his children or other relatives. If however, any property had been earned by the joint labour of husband and wife, the latter had a right to one half among the Westfalians; to one third among the Ripuarians; to nothing among the Ostfalians.

Eugene Arthur Hecker - A Short History of Women's Rights: From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference: to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With: Additions.