CHAPTER V.

EADGAR'S ENGLAND.

1. Eadgar and Dunstan. 959--975 67

2. The Cession of Lothian 68

3. Changes in English Institutions 69

4. Growth of the King's Power 69

5. Conversion of the Freemen into Serfs 69

6. The Hundred-moot and the Lord's Court 72

7. The Towns 72

8. The Origin of the Shires 73

9. The Shire-moot 73

10. The Ealdormen and the Witenagemot 73

11. The Land 75

12. Domestic Life 75

13. Food and Drink 75