H. Munro Chadwick, Chadwick H. Munro

Studies on Anglo-Saxon Institutions

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Produktbeschreibung

Chadwick's philological study of Anglo-Saxon legal sources provided a new impetus to the study of early English social history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781108010054
• ISBN-10: 1108010059
• Artikelnr.: 31088253

Autorenporträt

Hector Munro Chadwick (1870-1947) was professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge and a pioneer in integrating the study of Old English with archaeology and history.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The monetary system
2. The monetary system (continued)
Excursus 1. The Frankish monetary system
3. The social system
4. The social system (continued)
5. The earl
Excursus 2. The Danelagh
6. The administrative system
7. The administrative system (continued)
Excursus 3. The tribal hidage
8. The history of the older counties
9. The constitution of the national council
Excursus 4. The functions of the council, especially with reference to the election of kings
Excursus 5. The tenure of land in pre-historic times
10. The origin of the nobility
Addenda
Index.