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| Genre/Form: | Sources |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy C Cave; Herbert Henry Coulson |
| OCLC Number: | 855714 |
| Notes: | Reprint of a work originally published by Bruce Publishing in 1936. |
| Description: | xx, 467 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | PART I. AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES. I. THE BARBARIANS. Introduction -- The Huns -- The Germans -- The Anglo-Saxons -- The Farmer's Law ; II. VILLA AND MANORIAL ORGANIZATION. Introduction -- Laws of Ine -- Capitulary of Aquitaine -- Capitulary of the Imperial Estates (De Villis) -- Capitulary of Aix-la-Chapelle -- Commendation -- Duties of the Coloni -- King Harald's (Harfager) Laws for Land Property -- Title of the Domesday Inquest for Ely -- Excerpt from the Survey of the County of Sussex -- Henry II's Inquest of Sheriffs -- The Office of the Seneschal -- The Office of Provost -- The Office of Hayward ; III. CULTIVATION. Introduction -- Palladius on Husbandrie -- Administration of Papal Estates -- Polyptyque de l'Abbé́ Irminon -- Formulae for Describing Royal Fiscs and Benefices -- A Description of the Personnel of the Estates of the Monks of St. Bertin -- The Work of a Serf -- Manors Held by the Abbey of St. Peter, Winchester -- Survey of Lands and Tenements -- Overseeing of Labor -- Cost of Producing Wheat -- Inspection of Cattle -- Cost of Labor -- Farming Out the Issue of Stock ; IV. PRODUCE. Introduction -- Agricultural Credit -- Formulae for Describing Royal Fiscs and Benefices -- Grant of Fishing Rights -- Rent -- Payment in Kind and in Money -- The Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of Winchester -- The Lord's Sojourn on His Manors ; V. FORESTS. Introduction -- The Ripuarian Law -- Lombard Capitulary -- Secular Dooms of Canute -- The Laws of King Henry I -- Inquest of Sheriffs -- The Dialogue of the Exchequer -- Magna Carta ; VI. THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES. Introduction -- Extraction of Salt from the Sea, and a Gift of Salt Springs to a Monastery -- Grant of Mining Rights to the Abbey of Corvey -- A Silver-Bearing Lead Mine -- Tin Mining in Cornwall -- The Stannary Charter of A.D. 1201 -- Discovery of Tin in Germany -- A Contract for Quarrying and Dressing Stone. PART II. COMMERCE. I. TRADE AND EXCHANGE. Introduction -- Roman Law -- Byzantine Commerce -- Laws of the Barbarians -- Transfer of an Estate -- Confederacy Between Charlemagne and King Offa -- Nocturnal Transactions Forbidden -- Sale of Immovables Prohibited -- Sale and Exchange of Benefices -- Directions for Chapmen -- Regulations Concerning Exchange -- Grant of Land and Privileges to the Jews by a German Bishop -- Produce and Foreign Commerce of Ireland -- National Regulation of Weights and Measures -- King Henry's Law on Weights and Measures -- A Papal License to Trade with the Saracens -- A Promissory Note Secured by Collateral -- An Order to Purchase -- Royal Interference with Trade -- An Order to Sell -- Letting of a Workshop -- Acknowledgment by an Agent of an Order on Goods to be Sold in Montpellier -- Hiring of a Suit of Armor -- Lease and Guarantee ; II. FAIRS AND MARKETS. Introduction -- The Fair of St. Denis -- Grant of a Market to a Monastery -- Grant of King Edgar -- Grant of a Market to an Archbishop -- Scandinavian Fairs and Markets -- A Northern Fair -- Grant of a Market and Fair at Donauwö̈rth -- Grant of a Fair by King Henry I -- Grant of Two Fairs at Aix-la-Chapelle -- A Grant of Two Fairs at Duisburg -- Rights of Preemption -- Physical Inconveniences at a Fair. ; III. MONEY AND PRICES. Introduction -- Regulation of Commerce by Justinian -- Pope Gregory's Standard Price for Grain -- Concerning Debasing, Clipping, or Shaving Money; and the True Value of Coins -- Regulation Concerning the Weighing of Money -- Regulation of the Price of Staples -- Decree Concerning Legality of New Coinage -- The Value of Money in Terms of Commodities -- Restriction of Coinage Privilege to the Palace -- A Penalty for Counterfeiters -- Grant of Minting Privilege to a Monastery -- Edict of Pistes -- Edward the Elder's Coinage Regulations -- Grant of Public Market, Coinage, and Taxation Privileges to a Church -- Regulation of Coinage, Measures, and the Price of Wool -- The Laws of London in the Time of Ethelred -- Monetary Regulations of Henry I -- Evils Attendant on Counterfeited and Debased Money -- The Widespread Use of the Currencies of Lucca and Pavia -- The Assize of Bread -- Reformation of Coinage -- A Promissory Note -- A Receipt of Deposit -- Apprenticeship to a Money Changer -- Coinage Agreement Between Hamburg and Lübeck -- The Relative Value of the Silver Obtained from Foreign Countries ; IV. SHIPPING AND INLAND TRANSPORTATION. Introduction -- Roman Roads -- Perils of Travel -- Limits for Slav Trade -- Regulation of Bridge Tolls -- Routes of the Jewish Merchants Called Radanites -- Commerce on the Elbe -- Navigation Code of Arles -- The Goods of a Captured Caravan -- A Thirteenth-Century Navigation Act -- Arbitration Concerning a Freight Charge -- Improvement of Harbor Facilities -- A Bill of Lading -- A Bill of Sale -- The Barcelona Maritime Code ; V. LOANS AND USURY. Introduction -- St. Jerome and Pope Leo on Usury -- Law of the Visigoths on Usury -- The Double Capitulary at Nimwegen -- Capitulary for the Jews -- Royal Protection of the Jews and Prohibition of Usury -- A Pledge of Land as Security for a Loan of Money by a Canon -- A Loan to a Monastery -- Form of Proceeding on the Judicial Visitation -- A Double Loan Arising Out of a Tax -- A Papal Protest Against Royal Protection of Money-Lenders -- Of the Usury of the Caursines -- A Purchase on Credit -- Loan to a Master Mason -- St. Thomas Aquinas on Usury ; VI. PARTNERSHIPS. Introduction -- Justinian's Law on Partnerships -- Dissolution of Partnerships in England -- Partnership Between a Banker and a Cooper -- Purchase of Shares in a Ship -- A Partnership in Foreign Trade -- A Partnership in Money-Changing. PART III. TOWN ECONOMY. I. TOWNS AND GILDS. Introduction -- Early Gilds -- Duties of the Count of Toul -- Liberties of London -- A Charter for the Town of St. Omer -- Archbishop Thurstan's Charter to Beverley -- Charter of Henry I to Rouen -- A Grant of Land for the Gild-Hall of St. Omer -- The Treaty of Constance -- Charter of Bruges -- Rights of the Dublin Gild -- King John's Charter of Privileges to Dunwich -- Polity of the Gild at Ipswich -- Charter to the Town of Cambridge -- Government of the City of Florence -- A Treaty for Peace and Commercial Harmony -- A Grant of Trade Privileges to Barcelona ; II. THE HANSE. Introduction -- Evolution of the Word "Hanse." -- The Hanse as a Payment -- The Hanse as a Gild -- The Hanse as a League -- The External Relations of German Hanses -- Protection of the Men of Cologne at London -- Privilege of the Men of Cologne at London -- Tax Privileges of the Men of Cologne in England -- Grant of Privileges to the Flemings at Cologne -- Grant of Freedom from Wreck to Men of Lübeck by Henry II -- Grant of Market Privileges to Lübeck by King Waldemar -- Protection by King John of the Ships and Goods of German Merchants -- Privileges Granted to German Merchants at Novgorod -- Relationships Between the Cities in Germany -- Charter of Frederick I to Lübeck -- Grant by Frederick II to Lübeck of Freedom from Tolls at Cologne and Tiel -- Grant of a House by Riga to the Men of Lübeck -- An Agreement for Protection Between Hamburg and Lübeck ; III. CRAFT GILDS AND INDUSTRY. Introduction -- Encouragement of Glassmaking -- Allocation of Serfs to Crafts -- Grant of a Craft Gild to Fishermen -- Grant of a Gild to the Tanners of Rouen -- Grant of Henry II to the Oxford Cordwainers -- A German Carpenters' Gild -- Butchers' Gilds -- A Royal Charter to Paris Butchers -- Master Butchers of the City of Tuln -- The Butchers of the City of Chartres -- Grant of King John to London Abolishing the Weavers' Gild -- Laws of the Weavers and Fullers in England -- The Arte della Lana -- The Silk Industry -- Brunswick's Grant of a Goldsmiths' Gild -- The Woolen Crafts of Stendal -- Garment Cutters' Gild -- The Weavers' Law -- Apprenticeship to a Barber -- The Shearers' Charter of Arras -- Regulations Respecting Manufacture and Sale of Cloth at Douai -- Apprenticeship in the Weaving Industry -- Florentine Crafts Subject to Tax. PART IV. SLAVERY AND SERFDOM. I. ROMAN LAW. Introduction -- Slavery and the Colonate -- Origin of Slavery -- Coloni are Bound to the Soil -- Return of Fugitive Slaves -- Protection of Freemen and Coloni -- Family Rights of Slaves and Coloni -- Protection of Freewomen in Servile Union -- Patria Potestas Applied to Coloni -- Children of Unfree People -- Children of Mixed Marriages ; II. BARBARIAN AND FEUDAL LAWS. Introduction -- Ripuarian Law -- Laws of Rothar -- Formulae of Marculf -- Capitularies of Charlemagne -- Law of the Alamanni -- Trespasses of Serfs -- Laws of the Barbarians in England -- The Laws of King William the Conqueror -- The Law of Brusthem -- Royal Decree Concerning Serfs Who Flee to the Cities of Alsace ; III. CHURCH COUNCILS. Introduction -- Council of Agde -- Fifth Council of Orleans -- Synod Held at an Uncertain Place -- Fourth Council of Toledo -- Letter of Pope Gregory III -- Council of Worms -- Later Decrees Respecting Sale of Unfree Christians ; IV. SLAVERY AND SERFDOM IN PRACTICE. Introduction -- Examples Set by Bishops -- Enslavement of Noble Families -- An Example of Cruel Treatment -- Separation of Slaves from Their Families -- Punishment of Two Members of the Royal Household -- Attitude of Pope Gregory I to Manumission and Redemption -- Redemption of Many Slaves by St. Eligius -- Disposal of Redeemed Captives -- Illegal Traffic in Ecclesiastical Serfs -- A Remission of One Day's Service -- Gift of Serfs to an Abbey -- Economic Progress through Manumission -- Semi-Free Cultivators in Germany -- Grant of Freedom to a Betrothed Serf -- Traffic in English Slaves -- An Unjust Exaction of the Corvée -- A Controversy Concerning the Possession of Serfs by Monks -- Renewal of Letters of Freedom -- Opposition of Innocent III to the Possession of Serfs by Jews -- Sale of a Saracen Slave Girl. PART V. WEALTH AND PROPERTY. I. FORMS OF WEALTH. Introduction -- Spoils of the Lombards in Italy. Conditions Under Lombard Rule -- Types of Wealth Stolen or Damaged -- Grant of an Estate to the Monks of St. Denis -- An Early Sale of Lands and Privileges to a Monastery -- Grant of Lands to the Church of St. Mary (Glastonbury) -- Demarcation of the See of Bremen and Grant of Tithes -- Ecclesiastical Goods -- Possessions, Revenues, and Outlays of the Church of St. Saviour -- Grant by Otto II of His Holdings and Rights at Bingen -- Ranks -- An Exchange of an Estate for a Forest; a Gift of an Estate -- Regulations Concerning the Property of Cluny -- A Grant by Frederick I of One of His Manors -- Grant of Goods and Revenues to a Hospice for the Poor -- Grant of Free Roads -- Cession by an Abbot and His Monastery of Meadow Land to Tenants ; II. PRIVATE PROPERTY. Introduction -- Tangibles and Intangibles. Concerning Usufruct -- Marriage and Property -- Revival of Benefices -- Occupation of Another's Villa -- Renewal of the Privileges of a Monastery -- Canute's Bestowal of Fiefs on His Norwegian Followers -- A Fief as a Dowry -- Protection of Revenues from Property -- Grant of a Fief in Islands -- Protection of Fishing Rights ; III. INHERITANCE. Introduction -- Inheritance of Allodial Land -- How a Will Must be Drawn Up -- Succession to Inheritance -- Concerning Inheritance and Division of Wë̈r-gild, 5. Succession of Legitimate and Natural Sons -- Succession to Tenant Holdings on Church Land -- Bequests of the Clergy -- English Inheritance in Case of Intestacy -- Payment of Relief to a Monastery -- Inheritance Law of St. Omer -- Imperial Affirmation of the Right of a Priest to Make a Will -- The Inheritance Laws of Liège and Brusthem -- Denial of Claims to Hereditary Right -- An Oral Grant of an Inheritance. PART VI. TAXATION. I. TAXES AND FEUDAL DUES. Introduction -- Taxes on Byzantine Commerce -- Church Exemption from Taxation -- Opposition to Royal Taxes -- Exemption of Tours from an Early Poll Tax -- Church Exemption from Royal Taxes in Clermont -- Pope Gregory's Letter Concerning Conditions in the Islands -- Church Immunity from Royal Taxes in England -- Appropriation of Church Property for Military Purposes -- Heribannum -- Payments on Tributary and Taxable Land -- Gift of a Tax to a Convent -- Grant of Exemption from Royal Taxes -- The Heriot and the Relief -- Relief for Succession to a Fief -- Danish King's Exactions in Norway -- Danegeld -- A Corvée -- Grant of Tax Liberties to London -- Pledge of a Beer Tax -- Scutage -- Exaction of the Head Tax at Brusthem -- The Exchequer -- Controversy About the Exaction of Taxes -- Grant to Weavers of Exemption from the Taille -- Heavy Taxation of Henry III -- Imperial Precaria in Germany ; II. TITHES. Introduction -- Division of the Tithe in Spain -- Irish Canons -- Laws of Freising -- Additions to the Capitulary of Aix-la-Chapelle -- Misappropriation of Church Funds -- Grant of a Tenth of Public Land -- Compulsory Payment of the Tithe -- Variety of Church Taxes -- Division of the Tithe in England -- King William's Provision for the Collection of Peter's Pence -- Leper Tithe at St. Omer -- Tithable Products of the Land -- Contention About a Tithe -- A Tithe of the Tolls of Barcelona -- Ordinance of the Saladin Tithe -- Complaint About the Tithe of Ryckel -- Purchase of Tithes and Remission of a Tax ; III. COMPENSATIONS, FEES, AND FINES. Introduction -- A Fine for Violation of the Thracian Land Law -- The Wër in Salic Law -- Merchet -- Reduction of Church Fines in Lombardy -- Saxon Wër-gilds -- Fines for Breach of Royal Rights -- Fees for the Use of the Great Seal -- Fine of the Abbot of Croyland to Recover His Lands ; IV. TOLLS. Introduction -- Tolls on the Rhone -- King Pippin's Exemptions from Toll -- Charlemagne's Restrictions on Tolls -- Inquiry into the Tolls of Raffelstettin -- Royal Grant of Freedom from River Tolls -- Thelony at Billingsgate -- The Toll List of Arras -- Tolls on Craftsmen at Coblenz -- Exemption of Barcelona Ships from a Toll -- Revision of the Tolls of Utrecht -- Rules of the Toll-Gatherers at Freiburg -- Royal Licenses to Export and Import -- Prisage on Wine -- Dublin Toll Grant -- Grant of License to Evade Taxes -- Later Dublin Grant -- Tolls at Port of Colibre. |
| Other Titles: | Medieval economic history |
| Responsibility: | by Roy C. Cave and Herbert H. Coulson. |
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