The Growth of the Manor

by Vinogradoff, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781108014502
• ISBN10: 110801450X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-31
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

The Growth of the Manor (1905) is one of the key works of the eminent expatriate Russian jurist, Paul Vinogradoff (1854-1925). Expanding on his Oxford lectures, this book attempts to re-establish coherence within English medieval history after the critiques of scholars including Frederic Maitland had supposedly obscured the historical narrative. Tracing the evolution of the manor, Vinogradoff demonstrates how feudal law and tenurial relationships evolved out of more primitive systems of male descent. He claims there was demonstrable progress from a system of communal action and responsibility to one of personal rights and subjection that can be traced through what he calls the 'Celtic', 'Old English' and 'Feudal' periods. The latter system was secured in the Norman Conquest of 1066, although the former continued to exist underneath it. Of particular interest to those studying the Domesday Book, this is also an important text for medievalists and legal historians.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Pre-English Period

Celtic tribal arrangements

Roman influence

The Old English Period

The English conquest

The grouping of the Folk

The shares in the township

The open-field system

The history of the holding

Manorial origins

The Feudal Period

The principles of the Domesday survey

Ownership and husbandry

Social Classes

Notes to Book I

Notes to Book II

Notes to Book III

Index

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