Today's installment concludes Domesday Book Completed,our selection from Popular History of England by Charles Knight published in 1860.If you
Daily Life in Norman England
The Domesday Book affords us many curious glimpses of the condition of the people in cities and burghs.Continuing Domesday Book Completed,our
Norman Tyranny in England
The extreme severity of the Forest Laws was chiefly enforced to prevent the assemblage of Saxons in those vast wooded spaces.Continuing Domesday
Domesday Book Completed
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Classes of Feudal England.IntroductionWhen William the Conqueror
Feudalism – 7
Today's installment concludes Feudalism in France and England,our selection by William Stubbs.If you have journeyed through all of the
Feudalism – 6
Two of these palatinates, the earldom of Chester and the bishopric of Durham, retained much of their character to our own days.Continuing Feudalism
Feudalism – 5
The introduction of such a system would necessarily have effects far wider than the mere modification of the law of tenure.Continuing Feudalism in
Feudalism – 4
It is most probable that no regular account of the knights' fees was ever taken until they became liable to taxation.Continuing Feudalism in France
Feudalism – 3
The actual amount of dispossession was no doubt greatest in the higher ranks; the smaller owners may to a large extent have remained in a mediatized