summary. the open window noted, the guardians were forced to deliver this amount when the heir was to marry or begin a burgher occupation. What was exceptional for Stockholm was that even a burgher who had been admitted to either the Franciscan convent or the Dominican convent in the city had inheritance rights in the concluding distribution of inherited property. The heir’s advance inheritance had been used for the required donation prior to entry into the convent’s religious training. After individuals entered the convent and took their vows, they still had the right to inherit from parents and even the right to inherit from a sibling in the city. There are examples of some Franciscan Sisters receiving additional inheritance from their parents. However, the sums that had gone to the daughters were lower than for their brothers. To what extent this is due to women’s required donation sums being greater, meaning they had already received a larger portion of their legitimate inheritance than did their brothers before entering the convent, is uncertain. For women and men who entered in Sweden’s Saint Bridget convent or Cistercian monastery, inheritance was not allowed once monastic vows were taken. If the inheritance to a Mendicant brother had been given in movable property, it was transferred to the convent. If the brother inherited immovable property, the order managed it until the brother died. The administration of immovable property was based on the fact that the convent leased the property. The revenue came to the convent for as long as the brother lived. When he died, it would be offered to his heirs living in the city to be redeemed. The redeemed payment was then transferred to the convent. Burghers in Stockholm cared for the members of the nuclear family, even though they had no intention of engaging in a burgher occupation. This was done at the expense of beneficiaries below parents and siblings in the succession order of inheritance. 298
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