第一章
This chapter, titled “CHAPTER I.,” presents a richly detailed picture of rural England under Henry I (circa 1125), drawing extensively on the “Black Book” of Peterborough to document manorial life, villein obligations, and the broader social and spiritual conditions of the perio…
Illustrations of rural life from the Black Book of Peterborough
Illustrations of rural life from the Black Book of Peterborough The “Black Book” of Peterborough, compiled around 1125, provides a detailed inventory of the manors belonging to th…
The manor of Thorp
The manor of Thorp At Thorp twelve full villeins each held eleven acres and worked on the demesne three days a week, while six half-villeins performed proportionate labour.…
The manor of Colingham
The manor of Colingham At Colingham twenty villeins each worked one day a week plus three boon-days in August, hauled sixty waggon-loads of wood to the manor-house, dug and carrie…
The manor of Easton
The manor of Easton At Easton twenty-one villeins, each holding a virgate, worked twice weekly throughout the year and three boon-days in August; they operated twelve ploughs, wor…
The manor of Fisherton
The manor of Fisherton Fisherton displays exceptional variety of service. Twenty-six full villeins and twelve half-villeins performed weekly labour, with four cottagers working on…
The township of Oundle
The township of Oundle Oundle reveals both a rural township and an incipient dependent town.…
The villein’s life: duties, rights, and feudal interdependence
The villein’s life: duties, rights, and feudal interdependence The customary obligations laid on villeins were undoubtedly burdensome, but the system possessed a reciprocal charac…
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