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Borough and town: a study of urban origins in England

Carl Stephenson 1933 © Public Domain
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780910956086 (hardcover)
Subject
  • European: 400-1400
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  • Frontmatter
  • CHAPTER I The Mediaeval Town in Historical Literature (page 3)
    • 1. Georg von Below and Earlier Writers (page 3)
    • 2. Henri Pirenne and Siegfried Rietschel (page 6)
    • 3. French Historians (page 13)
    • 4. English Historians (page 15)
  • CHAPTER II Urban Liberties on the Continent (page 22)
    • 1. Urban Development in Northwestern Europe (page 22)
    • 2. Elementary Liberties (page 29)
    • 3. Advanced Liberties (page 34)
    • 4. Conclusions (page 43)
  • CHAPTER III The Anglo-Saxon Borough (page 47)
    • 1. The Ceaster (page 47)
    • 2. The Burh (page 52)
    • 3. The Burghal District (page 60)
    • 4. The Port (page 65)
  • CHAPTER IV The Domesday Borough (page 73)
    • 1. Domesday Terminology (page 73)
    • 2. Lords and Lands (page 81)
    • 3. Burgage Tenure (page 88)
    • 4. Borough Assessment (page 96)
    • 5. Burgess Privilege (page 107)
  • CHAPTER V The Borough Community (page 120)
    • 1. Charters to New Boroughs (page 120)
    • 2. Charters to Old Boroughs (page 128)
    • 3. The Freedom of the Borough (page 138)
    • 4. Courts and Gilds (page 146)
  • CHAPTER VI Borough Self-Government (page 152)
    • 1. Borough Services (page 152)
    • 2. Borough Taxation (page 160)
    • 3. The Nucleus of the Municipality (page 166)
    • 4. The Borough and the Commune (page 173)
  • CHAPTER VII The Growth of the Borough (page 186)
    • 1. Topographical Study: Roman Foundations (page 186)
    • 2. Topographical Study: Mediaeval Foundations (page 195)
    • 3. The Social Transition in the Boroughs (page 205)
  • APPENDICES
    • I. Giry and Luchaire on the Commune (page 215)
    • II. Table of Anglo-Saxon Boroughs (page 220)
    • III. Table of Ranking Boroughs in Domesday (page 221)
    • IV. Table of Borough Aids in the Twelfth Century (page 222)
    • V. Table of Ranking Boroughs under Henry I (page 225)
    • VI. Table of Ranking Boroughs under Henry II (page 225)
  • INDICES
    • Authors (page 227)
    • Places (page 230)
    • Technical Terms and Subjects (page 234)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
AHR 39.1 (Oct. 1933): 99-101 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1839236
EHR 4.4 (Apr. 1934): 486-488 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2589860
SP 9.3 (Jul. 1934): 341-342 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2853907
CLR 33.5 (May 1933): 940-942 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1116010
ENHR 48.192 (Oct. 1933): 642-648 http://www.jstor.org/stable/552803
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