Outlines in the Constitutional History of England: For the Use of Classes in Wellesley College - Couverture rigide

Coman, Katharine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1359334807 ISBN 13 : 9781359334800

Editeur : Palala Press, 2016

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Primitive System of Oovemment. Characteristics. 1. Local self-government. 2. Organization determined by kin relations. 3. Organs and functions of government not differentiated. I. The Political System. a. The village community (vicus, tithing, tun, burh.) 1. Basis, the kindred. 2. Government in tun-gemot (village assembly), and tungerefa (princeps). b. The hundred (pagus), a collection of tithings. 1. Hundred-court, representative assembly. 2. Hundred-man (princeps), executive and judicial functions. ,c. The tribe (civitas). The communities united 1. under one king elected from principes, 2. in one tribal assembly, 3. in one host, under one leader. II. The Judicial System. a. Justice secured in thel cal courts of the hundred and tithiig, and in the tribal assembly. b. Judgment pronounced by princeps, determined by assessors. c. Punishments; hanging, drowning, fines. III. The Agricultural System. a. Land held in common ;allotments according to rank. VG radations of rank: nobilis (atheling, eorl), ingenuus (ceorl); libertus (freedman); colonus (laet, serf); servus (theow, slave). b. Homestead and cattle held in individual possession.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1359334807
• ISBN 13: 9781359334800
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 34
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