Feudal England Historical Studies on the XIth and XIIth Centuries [Paperback]

These collected essays contain Round's lasting contribution to medieval scholarship: his argument that the Norman Conquest transplanted feudalism to England.Feudal England (1895) is a collection of John Horace Rounds essays on feudalism between 1050 and 1200. The volumes overarching argument, that it was the Norman Conquest that transplanted feudalism to England, has been highly influential in medieval scholarship. The volume is still an important resource for researchers.Feudal England (1895) is a collection of John Horace Rounds essays on feudalism between 1050 and 1200. The volumes overarching argument, that it was the Norman Conquest that transplanted feudalism to England, has been highly influential in medieval scholarship. The volume is still an important resource for researchers.John Horace Round (18541928) published Feudal England in 1895. The volume is a collection of Round's articles on feudalism, most of which had been previously published in the English Historical Review. The essays cover the period 10501200. They are linked by Round's overarching argument that it was the Norman Conquest that transplanted feudalism to England and that during the Anglo-Saxon period England had no real feudal institutions. The volume includes Round's groundbreaking article 'The Introduction of Knight Service into England', first published in the English Historical Review for 18911892; a number of his important essays on the Domesday Book, a topic on which he was long regarded as the leading expert; and several essays challenging the historical methods of Professor Freeman, the main opponent of Round's ideas. Feudal England was highly influential in medieval scholarship, and is still an important resource for researchers.Part I. Territorial Studies: 1. Domesday Book; 2. The Northamptonshire Geld-Roll; 3. The Knights of Peterborough; 4. The Worcestershire Survey (Hen. I); 5. The Lindsey Survey (11151118); 6. The Leicestershire Survey (11241129); 7. The Northamptonshls'