Mediaeval institutions : selected essays. / Edited by Bryce D. Lyon
1954, First Edition. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press. Very good ex-library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Library marks remain. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #477811
Physical description; xiv, 289 pages illustrations 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. "Writings of Carl Stephenson": pages 285-289. Contents; The aids of the French towns in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries -- The origin and nature of the taille -- Taxation and representation in the Middle Ages -- The beginnings of representative government in England -- The Firma Noctis and the customs of the hundred -- Commendation and related problems in Domesday -- Notes on the composition and interpretation of Domesday book -- The origin and significance of feudalism -- Feudalism and its antecedents in England -- The problem of the common man in early mediaeval Europe. Subjects; Middle Ages. Civilization, Medieval.
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