The Saxons in England, Volume 2 (of 2) / A history of the English commonwealth till the period of the Norman conquest
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Excerpt from The Saxons in EnglandThe object of the First Book was generally to give a clear view of the principles upon which the original settlement of the Anglosaxons was founded. But as our earliest fortunes are involved in an obscurity caused by the almost total absence of contemporary records, and as the principles themselves are not historically developed in all their integrity, at least in this country, many conclusions could only be arrived at through a system of induction, by comparing the known facts of Teutonic history in other lands, or at earlier periods, by tracing the remnants ...
Chapters (458)
- THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND.
- CONTENTS.
- BOOK II. THE PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS OF THE CHANGE IN ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER I. GROWTH OF THE KINGLY POWER.
- CHAPTER II. THE REGALIA, OR RIGHTS OF ROYALTY.
- CHAPTER III. THE KING’S COURT AND HOUSEHOLD.
- CHAPTER IV. THE EALDORMAN OR DUKE.
- CHAPTER V. THE GERÉFA.
- CHAPTER VI. THE WITENA GEMÓT.
- THE WITENA GEMÓTS OF THE SAXONS.
- CHAPTER VII. THE TOWNS.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE BISHOP.
- CHAPTER IX. THE CLERGY AND MONKS.
- CHAPTER X. THE INCOME OF THE CLERGY.
- CHAPTER XI. THE POOR.
- APPENDIX.
- APPENDIX A. THE DOOMS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
- APPENDIX B. TITHE.
- APPENDIX C. TOWNS.
- APPENDIX D. CYRICSCEAT.
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