The Moral Economy of the Countryside: Anglo-Saxon to Anglo-Norman England

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Contents
Preface
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1 Introduction: The Moral Economy
	Words
	Freedom and Agency
	Was England Different?
	Feudalism
	Dictionaries and Translations
	Notes
Part I Rank
	2 Lordship
		Lordship in the scir
		Lordship as a Personal Bond
		Lordship and Rank
		Notes
	3 Our Island Story
		Traditions of Law and Lawmaking
		Notes
	4 Honour and Respect in Peasant Society
		Rank and Honour on the Great Estate
		Founding Fathers
		Putting the Name on the Land
		Notes
Part II Reciprocity
	5 Hospitality
		Hosting Lords and Kings
		Notes
	6 Hearth, Household, and Farm
		Hearths
		Households, Hides, and Free Status
		The Family Farm
		Farm Workers
		Boarders
		The Household as a Legal Space
		Passing on the Farm
		Notes
Part III Reputation and Witness
	7 Neighbours and Strangers
		Livestock and Community
		Disputes and Dealings
		Land and Witness
		Notes
	8 Markets and Marketing
		Owning Things
		Means of Exchange
		Markets Official and Unofficial
		Notes
Part IV The Wolf Sniffs the Wind
	9 Hwilom Wæs: Archbishop Wulfstan\'s Old Social Order
		The Rules of the Estate
		Local Custom
		Free Men and their Property
		Notes
	10 Land, Law, and Office
		Notes
Part V The Aftermath of Conquest
	11 New Words in the Countryside
		Domesday Vocabulary: Manerium
		Domesday Vocabulary: Tenet
		Domesday Vocabulary: People
		Villani
		Domesday Vocabulary: Sochemanni et Liberi Homines
		Domesday Vocabulary: Measuring Land
		How Many Hides?
		Notes
	12 Narrating the New Social Order
		Changes On the Estate
		Changes in the Courts
		Narrating the New Order
		From Commendation to Tenure
		Notes
Part VI In the World of the Manor
	13 Establishing Custom
		Estate Policy
		Custom
		Norman Monasteries and their English Lands
		Negotiations and Agreements
		Notes
	14 Thinking Feudally
		Courts
		The Hallmoot and the Manor Court
		Tenure in the Manor Court
		Notes
	15 From Rank to Class
		The Manor Court and Collective Action
		Legal Villeinage: Status
		Legal Villeinage: Tenure
		Notes
	16 Conclusion: Forward into the Past
		Notes
Appendix The Family Farm in Peasant Studies
Bibliography
Index