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The Growth of the Manor

The Growth of the Manor

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History

British History

ISBN10: 110801450X
ISBN13: 9781108014502
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Oct 31 2010
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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.

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