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  2. Eldest - Wikipedia

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    Eldest. Eldest is the second novel in The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and the sequel to Eragon. It was first published in hardcover on August 23, 2005, and was released in paperback in September 2006. [1] Eldest has been released in an audiobook format, [2] and as an ebook. [3] Like Eragon, Eldest became a New York Times bestseller ...

  3. Historical inheritance systems - Wikipedia

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    Historical inheritance systems. Historical inheritance systems are different systems of inheritance among various people. Detailed anthropological and sociological studies have been made about customs of patrilineal inheritance, where only male children can inherit. Some cultures also employ matrilineal succession, where property can only pass ...

  4. The Inheritance Cycle - Wikipedia

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    The Inheritance Cycle is a tetralogy of young adult high fantasy novels written by American author Christopher Paolini. Set in the fictional world of Alagaësia ( / æ l ə ˈ ɡ eɪ z i ə / ), the novels focus on the adventures of a teenage boy named Eragon and his dragon, Saphira , as they struggle to overthrow the evil king Galbatorix .

  5. Brisingr - Wikipedia

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    Brisingr (or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular) / brɪsɪŋər / [1][2] is the third novel in The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. It was released on September 20, 2008. Originally, Paolini intended to conclude the then Inheritance Trilogy in three books, but during writing the third book he decided that ...

  6. Ultimogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Ultimogeniture, also known as postremogeniture or junior right, is the tradition of inheritance by the last-born of a privileged position in a parent's wealth or office. The tradition has been far rarer historically than primogeniture (sole inheritance by the first-born) or partible inheritance (division of the estate among the children).

  7. Matrilineal succession - Wikipedia

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    matrilineal primogeniture where the eldest female child of the subject is entitled to the hereditary succession before her younger sisters, and her brothers are not entitled at all. matrilineal ultimogeniture where the youngest daughter is the heir. This system is found among the Khasis of India.

  8. Inheritance (Paolini novel) - Wikipedia

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    Inheritance (or The Vault of Souls) is a 2011 fantasy fiction novel written by American author Christopher Paolini. It is the fourth and final novel in The Inheritance Cycle tetralogy. The Inheritance Cycle was originally intended to be a trilogy , but Paolini has stated that during writing, the length of the third book, Brisingr , grew, and ...

  9. Matrilineality - Wikipedia

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    Social anthropology. Cultural anthropology. v. t. e. Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline, their mother's lineage, and which can involve the inheritance of property and titles.