| Uncertainty about the basic conditions of rural life, especially landholding, underpinned all of these episodes. |
| Clear title to land was the crucial aspect of seventeenth century landholding. |
| Patterns of landholding and inheritance varied between these units of land. |
| The Loch Katrine property is the largest single landholding taken into Forestry Commission management for more than 30 years. |
| Other institutional issues surrounding landholding and land tenure must also be explored. |
| Patterns of landholding, even down to the level of family farms, have been stable over generations. |
