a single heir, it was not uncommon for that heir to wait until the inheritance before marrying. Other sons would go out to "make their fortune" before they would marry. The Europeans even went so far as to legislate marriages as early as the eighteenth century. Those seeking to marry had to obtain approval from the local authorities, who effectively withheld it from poorer inhabitants.
             Lacking a large human capital stock on which to draw for labor, the Europeans turned to domesticated animals to produce much of the labor for them. With fewer chil
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