'mark,' there can be no doubt of its service as a Prevalent common or open field system of husbandry,Īnd the village community which for centuries had Students perceived the connexion between the widely Recently streaming in upon it from many sides.Ī real flash of light was struck when German Upon this question, and fresh light has been Much learning and labour have already been expended Taken 1,000 years of English economic evolution to
Under Saxon rule-a serfdom from which it has With the serfdom of the masses of the rural population Which gradually degenerated into the serfdom of the
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If answered in one way, EnglishĮconomic History begins with free village communities Say by politicians also) of the nature of the economicĮvolution which has taken place in England since theĮnglish Conquest. The view to be taken by historians (let us On the answer to this question depends fundamentally Relations to the tribal communities of the WesternĪnd less easily conquered portions of the island. Village communities or communities in serfdom underĪ manorial lordship and further, what were their Of the masses of the people-whether the villageĬommunities living in the 'hams' and 'tons' ofĮngland were, at the outset of English history, free Whether it began with the freedom or with the serfdom History upon right lines at its historical commencementīy trying to solve the still open question It is simply an attempt to set English Economic To the production of this imperfect Essay. Have ventured to devote some years of scant leisure Have constantly found myself for the task, I should Trust, as a sufficient reason why, ill-furnished as I Practical politics of the future will be accepted, I Of the importance of a sound understanding of EnglishĮconomic History as the true basis of much of the Have endeavoured to describe in these few sentences It may indeed be but too true that, in spite of theĪnd she may continue to do so, however clearlyĪnd truthfully the economic lessons of the past mayīe dinned into her ear. Political convulsion proves that its force and its direction Of statesmen into safe channels or misguided,ĭiverted, or obstructed, till some great social or Upon whether it shall be guided by the foresight To us at least, to be the main stream of human progress, Or failure of the planet-is in no small degreeĭependent upon the ultimate course of what seems, The future happiness of the human race-the success Perhaps, without presumption, it may be said that Sense as the antipodes of Paternal Government and
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Time with the trial of the experiment-let us hopeĪlso with the solution of the problem-of freedomĪnd democracy, using the words in the highest political Nations have, so to speak, become charged in our In the course of which the great English speaking The nature of that remarkable economic evolution Hardly be over-estimated of a sound appreciation of To statesmen, whether of England or of the newĮnglands across the oceans, the importance can Point of view a subject which has also an antiquarian It must be my apology for treating from an economic Tempted me to poach upon antiquarian manors, and This was the object which in the first instance Understanding of the new order of things, with itsĬontrasting individual independence and inequality, 'community' and 'equality' as a key to a right The meaning of the old order of things, with its I confessed to having approached the subject not asĪn antiquary but as a student of Economic History,Īnd even with a directly political interest. Of Antiquaries, it was with a confession and anĪpology which, in publishing and dedicating to them Have expanded into this volume before the Society When I had the honour to lay the two papers which SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON PREFACE. Images of the original pages are available through ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ENGLISH VILLAGE COMMUNITY***Īnd the Online Distributed Proofreading Teamįrom page images generously made available by With this eBook or online at Title: The English Village CommunityĮxamined in its Relations to the Manorial and Tribal Systems and to the Common or Open Field System of Husbandry An Essay in Economic History (Reprinted from the Fourth Edition)
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Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The English Village Community, by Frederic Seebohm The Project Gutenberg eBook, The English Village Community, by Frederic
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