English villagers of the thirteenth century

English villagers of the thirteenth century [electronic resource] / by George Caspar Homans.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ACLS)
Main Author:	Homans, George Caspar, 1910-1989 (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Norton, 1975.
Series:	Norton library ; N765.
Subjects:	Village communities > Great Britain. Agriculture > England. Peasants > England. Agriculture. Manners and customs. Peasants. Village communities. England > Social life and customs > 1066-1485. England. Great Britain. History.

Table of Contents:

Book I. Fields
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Woodland and Champion
Chapter 3: The Place of the Thirteenth Century
Chapter 4: The Skills of Husbandmen
Chapter 5: The Champion Hubandry
Chapter 6: The Holding and the Common Plow
Chapter 7: Village Plans and Planning
Book II. Families
Chapter 8: Partible Inheritance of Land
Chapter 9: Impartible Inheritance of Land
Chapter 10: Children Not Inheriting
Chapter 11: The Marriage of the Heir
Chapter 12: Trothplight and Wedding
Chapter 13: Free Bench, Curtesy, and Wardship
Chapter 14: Alienation
Chapter 15: The Family in Champion Country
Book III. Manors
Chapter 16: An Example
Chapter 17: The Sorts and Conditions of Men
Chapter 18: Services
Chapter 19: Tradesmen, Servants, and Officers
Chapter 20: The Hallmote
Chapter 21: The Village and the World Beyond
Chapter 22: Lord and Man
Chapter 23: The Husbandman's Year
Chapter 24: The Parish Church
Chapter 25: The Anatomy of Society.