Charters and Custumals of the Abbey of Holy Trinity Caen

Zusatztext a well-planned and executed edition, and makes a major contribution to the study of the economic organisation of Benedictine abbeys in the post-Conquest era Klappentext Contains surveys for the whole estate made in the reigns of Henry I and Henry II, 13th-century custumals for Minchinhampton, Avening, and Felsted, and 26 charters and leases, some of which relate to property in London. They provide valuable evidence of social conditions and changing methods of estate exploitation, printed for the first time. Zusammenfassung Contains surveys for the whole estate made in the reigns of Henry I and Henry II, 13th-century custumals for Minchinhampton, Avening, and Felsted, and 26 charters and leases, some of which relate to property in London. They provide valuable evidence of social conditions and changing methods of estate exploitation, printed for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory Note Preface Original Sources Abbreviated References Abbreviations Introduction i. The cartularies ii. The English properties iii. The English surveys and charters iv. The administration of the English property v. The demesne economy vi. Note on the editing Charters Surveys First series: Felsted A Pinbury A Tarrant A Minchinhampton A Horsted A 'Dineslai' A Avening A Second series: Depredations of Simon of Felsted Felsted B Tilshead B Avening B Horstead B Destruction of woods in Avening and Minchinhampton Minchinhampton B Pinbury B Third series: Avening C Minchinhampton C Pinbury C Minchinhampton D Avening D Felsted D, collated with Felsted E Minchinhampton E Appendix: Early abbesses of Caen Glossary Index of persons and places Index of subjects

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• Authors: Marjorie (Fellow of Clare Hall Chibnall
• Assisted by: Marjorie Chibnall (Editor), Marjorie (Fellow of Clare Hall Chibnall (Editor), Chibnall Marjorie (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.1982
• EAN: 9780197260098
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726009-8
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Records of Social and Economic History (New Series); Records of Social and Economic History (New Series); Records of Social and Economic History
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