Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- BOOK I THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ANGLOSAXON 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
- APPENDIX
CHAPTER II - The Mark
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- BOOK I THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ANGLOSAXON 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
- APPENDIX
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- The Saxons in EnglandA History of the English Commonwealth till the Period of the Norman Conquest, pp. 35 - 71Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1849