The Saxons in England (vol. 1 of 2)
by John Mitchell Kemble
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About this eBook
- Author
- Kemble, John Mitchell, 1807-1857
- Title
- The Saxons in England, Volume 1 (of 2) A history of the English commonwealth till the period of the Norman conquest
- Credits
- Produced by KD Weeks, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61161
- Release Date
- January 12, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.BOOK I. THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ANGLO-SAXON COMMONWEALTH. — CHAPTER I. SAXON AND WELSH TRADITIONS. — CHAPTER II. THE MARK. — CHAPTER III. THE GÁ OR SCÍR. — CHAPTER IV. LANDED POSSESSION. THE EÐEL, HÍD OR ALOD. — CHAPTER V. PERSONAL RANK. THE FREEMAN. THE NOBLE. — CHAPTER VI. THE KING. — CHAPTER VII. THE NOBLE BY SERVICE. — CHAPTER VIII. THE UNFREE. THE SERF. — CHAPTER IX. THE MUTUAL GUARANTEE. MÆGBURH. TITHING. HUNDRED. — CHAPTER X. FǼHÐE. WERGYLD. — CHAPTER XI. FOLCLAND. BÓCLAND. LǼNLAND. — CHAPTER XII. HEATHENDOM.
- 6.APPENDIX. — APPENDIX A. MARKS. — APPENDIX B. THE HÍD. — APPENDIX C. MANUMISSION OF SERFS. — APPENDIX D. — ORCY'S GUILD AT ABBOTSBURY. — THE GUILD AT EXETER. — THE GUILD AT CAMBRIDGE. — APPENDIX E. LǼNLAND. — APPENDIX F. HEATHENDOM.
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