Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England

by F. W. Maitland

Overview

In an extended foreword, specially prepared for this new impression, J.C. Holt asserts categorically "that Domesday Book and Beyond remains the greatest single book on English medieval history." Its lucidity, subtlety, compass, and (remarkably) statistical facility stand quite unsurpassed and, as Professor Holt demonstrates, many of the arguments that have dominated English medieval scholarship during the ensuing ninety years stem directly from Maitland's own hypotheses and conclusions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521349185
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/21/1988
Series:	Classics in Legal History Series
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.14(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Essay I. Domesday Book: 1. Plan of the survey; 2. The Serfs; 3. The Villeins; 4. The Sokemen; 5. Sake and Soke; 6. The manor; 7. Manor and vill; 8. The feudal superstructure; 9. The boroughs; Essay II. England Before the Conquest: 10. Book-land and the land-book; 11. Book-land and folk-land; 12. Sake and Soke; 13. Book-land and loan-land; 14. The growth of seignorial power; 15. The village community; Essay III. The Hide: 16. Measures and fields; 17. Domesday statistics; 18. Beyond domesday.