Slavery in early mediaeval England : from the reign of Alfred until the twelfth century
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Slavery in early mediaeval England : from the reign of Alfred until the twelfth century
(Studies in Anglo-Saxon history, 7)
Boydell Press, 1995
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-366) and indexes
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ISBN 9780851153995
Description
Slaves were part of the fabric of English society throughout the Anglo-Saxon era and the twelfth century, but as the base of the social pyramid, English slaves have left no known written records. However, there are extensive references to them throughout the documents and writings of the period. This important study seeks to assemble the evidence, drawn from a variety of sources in Old English and Latin, to convey a picture of slaves and slavery in England, viewed against the background of English society as a whole. From this detailed examination a composite picture emerges, showing who the slaves were and how they came to be enslaved; their rights and obligations; how they were freed and the nature of such freedom; how the institution changed; and how it related to the appearance of serfdom, which came to characterise post-Conquest English rural society. The study concludes with an extensive appendix on the vernacular terminology of slavery, revealing that the concepts of enslavement were embedded in the religious imagery of the period.DAVID PELTERET is Senior Research Fellow, Dept of History, King's College, London.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- the linguistic evidence on slavery
- "The Work Is Hard Because I Am Not Free" - slaves and slavery in the literary sources
- "Free Annually One Penal Slave" - laws and penitentials
- "After Their Lifetime Half The Men Are To Be Free" - the evidence of the wills
- "For The Sake Of His Soul" - manumission-documents
- "With The Land And The Men" - charters, surveys, and custumals
- "Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics" - Domesday Book.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780851158297
Description
This important study seeks to assemble the evidence, drawn from a variety of sources in Old English and Latin, to convey a picture of slaves and slavery in England, viewed against the background of English society as a whole.
At last a major topic in early medieval English history has found its author, who deals with it comprehensively and systematically.ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW
"A landmark teatment...immensely enriches the debate about early medieval working classes." SPECULUM
Slaves were part of the fabric of English society throughout the Anglo-Saxon era and the twelfth century, but as the base of the social pyramid, they have left no known written records;there are, however, extensive references to them throughout the documents and writings of the period. This important study seeks to assemble the evidence, drawn from a variety of sources in Old English and Latin, to convey a picture of slaves and slavery in England, viewed against the background of English society as a whole. An extensive appendix on the vernacular terminology of slavery reveals the concepts of enslavement to be embedded in the religiousimagery of the period.
DAVID PELTERET is Senior Research Fellow, Department of History, King's College London.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- the linguistic evidence on slavery
- "The Work Is Hard Because I Am Not Free" - slaves and slavery in the literary sources
- "Free Annually One Penal Slave" - laws and penitentials
- "After Their Lifetime Half The Men Are To Be Free" - the evidence of the wills
- "For The Sake Of His Soul" - manumission-documents
- "With The Land And The Men" - charters, surveys, and custumals
- "Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics" - Domesday Book.
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