Domesday book and beyond three essays in the early history of England eBook Frederic Maitland
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Domesday book and beyond three essays in the early history of England eBook Frederic Maitland
Frederick William Maitland was the father of English legal history. He was much admired in his own day and since. The late C.P.Wormald, author of 'The Making of English Law' (Blackwell, 1999) thought that his mastery of the subject was unmatched.No-one can question Maitland's scholarship, though his style of writing is somewhat discursive and academic for the modern taste; but the main criticism of this book has to be that it is not about Domesday Book, despite the title. It is about Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman society, as revealed by Domesday Book. If you want to know about lords and villeins, boors and slaves, manors and boroughs, in great detail, this is the book for you; but if you want to know how and why Domesday was made, it is not.
There has been a long-running controversy about the Book. Was it a 'geld-book', as J.H. Round originally proposed, and as J.O.Prestwich argued in the 1960s? Or was a feudal register, as V.H. Galbraith first proposed in the 1940s? Or was it all a big mistake, little used for either purpose, as M. T. Clanchy argued in 'From Memory to Written Record'? There is now a voluminous literature on the subject; but Maitland was not really concerned with that. He was concerned with the message rather than the medium.
Stephen Cooper
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Domesday book and beyond three essays in the early history of England eBook Frederic Maitland Reviews
This is a reprint of essays written in the 1890s, concerning pre-Norman England. Maitland had the fundamental insight of taking the famous Domesday Book, and working backwards from it. To infer about the social and economic structure of Saxon England, as it existed, just prior to the Norman conquest. Before Maitland's seminal work, it appears that other historians had used Domesday as a commentary on Norman England.
Maitland's insight stemmed from his observation that William the Conqueror had enough troops to defeat Harold. But that these were insufficient for a wholesale restructuring of England. Nor was there necessarily any desire by the Normans to do so. Instead, they replaced or merged with the Saxon ruling class. Leaving existing structures more or less intact.
The book does use a lot of Latin terms. While a typical well educated reader might be familiar with some common phrases, those in the book are another matter. In part, this reflects the changes between Victorian England, in which Maitland was from, and today's mileau. Latin is far less likely to be taught in Britain or overseas. Thus you might have to bear with the sonorous phrases scattered throughout the book.
Frederick William Maitland was the father of English legal history. He was much admired in his own day and since. The late C.P.Wormald, author of 'The Making of English Law' (Blackwell, 1999) thought that his mastery of the subject was unmatched.
No-one can question Maitland's scholarship, though his style of writing is somewhat discursive and academic for the modern taste; but the main criticism of this book has to be that it is not about Domesday Book, despite the title. It is about Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman society, as revealed by Domesday Book. If you want to know about lords and villeins, boors and slaves, manors and boroughs, in great detail, this is the book for you; but if you want to know how and why Domesday was made, it is not.
There has been a long-running controversy about the Book. Was it a 'geld-book', as J.H. Round originally proposed, and as J.O.Prestwich argued in the 1960s? Or was a feudal register, as V.H. Galbraith first proposed in the 1940s? Or was it all a big mistake, little used for either purpose, as M. T. Clanchy argued in 'From Memory to Written Record'? There is now a voluminous literature on the subject; but Maitland was not really concerned with that. He was concerned with the message rather than the medium.
Stephen Cooper
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