The English Village Community Examined 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)

CHAPTER X.

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THE CONNEXION BETWEEN THE OPEN-FIELD SYSTEM AND SERFDOM OF ENGLAND AND OF THE ROMAN PROVINCES OF GERMANY AND GAUL.

1. The open-field system in England and in Germany compared 368

2. The boundaries or 'marchæ' 375

3. The three fields, or 'zelgen' 376

4. The division of the fields into furlongs and acres 380

5. The holdings--the 'yard-land' or 'hub' 389

6. The hide, the 'hof,' and the 'centuria' 395

7. The gafol and gafol-yrth 399

8. The boon-work and week-work of the serf 403

9. The creation of serfs and the growth of serfdom 405

10. The confusion in the status of the tenants on English and German manors 407

11. Result of the comparison 409