A Short History of the English People, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : John Richard Green |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 2017-10-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 0266531660 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780266531661 |
Rating | : 4/5 (661 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Short History of the English People, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Richard Green and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short History of the English People, Vol. 2 A lord's caprice into rights that could be pleaded at law. The number of teams, the fines, the reliefs, the services that a lord could claim, at first mere matter of oral tradition, came to be entered on the court-roll of the manor, a copy of which became the title-deed of the villein. It was to this that he owed the name of copy holder which at a later time superseded his older title. Disputes were settled by a reference to this roll or on oral evidence of the custom at issue, but a social arrangement which was eminently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.