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The Yorkshire-born barrister, banker and economic historian Frederic Seebohm (1833-1912) first came to attention with his work on the Reformation intellectuals Colet, Erasmus and More. In this work, first published and then reissued in 1883, Seebohm's focus is on the agrarian history of medieval England, with special reference to problems of early land tenure and the social system that developed from it. Seebohm stresses the continuity between Roman settlement and English villages, and he regards the manor, whose lands were cultivated by serfs, as the original form of landed property among the Anglo-Saxons and other Germanic peoples. He was the first British historian to provide a detailed description of the structure and economic life of the large manor, based on the unpaid labour of the serfs, and of the relations between the manor and the community. The book remains an influential treatment of the feudal system.
| Preface | |
| The English open-field system examined in its modern remains | |
| The English open-field system traced back to the Domesday Survey | |
| The Domesday Survey (AD 1086) | |
| The open-field system traced in Saxon times | |
| Manors and serfdom under Saxon rule | |
| The tribal system (in Wales) | |
| The tribal system (continued) | |
| Connexion between the Roman land system and the later manorial system | |
| The German side of the continental evidence | |
| The connexion between the open-field system and serfdom of England and of the Roman provinces of Germany and Gaul | |
| Result of the evidence | |
| Appendix | |
| Index and glossary | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9781108036344
ISBN-10: 1108036341
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 546
Published: 8th December 2011
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 14.0
x 3.1
Weight (kg): 0.69
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