Peterborough Abbey 10861310 [Paperback]

The operation of the land market is a topic of crucial importance to the student of economic and social history in the Middle Ages.The operation of the land market is a topic of crucial importance to the student of economic and social history in the Middle Ages. In this book, Dr King uses a wide range of source material to examine the character of the land market on the estates of Peterborough Abbey in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.The operation of the land market is a topic of crucial importance to the student of economic and social history in the Middle Ages. In this book, Dr King uses a wide range of source material to examine the character of the land market on the estates of Peterborough Abbey in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.The operation of the land market is a topic of crucial importance to the student of economic and social history in the Middle Ages. In this book, Dr King uses a wide range of source material to examine the character of the land market on the estates of Peterborough Abbey in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He suggests that some common pattern emerges in the behaviour of those concerned, and offers an original interpretation of certain familiar types of medieval record.1. The First Two Centuries, 9661166; 2. The Knights of Peterborough; 3. The Development of Freehold; 4. The Colonisation of Northamptonshire; 5. The Endowment of the Obedientiaries; 6. Carte Nativorum; 7. The Administration of the Estate; 8. The Organisation of the Estate; 9. Conclusion.