Slavery in Early Mediaeval England from the Reign of Alfred Until the Twelfth Century

Autorentext

David A.E. Pelteret

Klappentext

This important study seeks to assemble the evidence, drawn from a variety of sources in Old English and Latin, to convey a picture of slaves and slavery in England, viewed against the background of English society as a whole.

Inhalt

Introduction; the linguistic evidence on slavery; "The Work Is Hard Because I Am Not Free" - slaves and slavery in the literary sources; "Free Annually One Penal Slave" - laws and penitentials; "After Their Lifetime Half The Men Are To Be Free" - the evidence of the wills; "For The Sake Of His Soul" - manumission-documents; "With The Land And The Men" - charters, surveys, and custumals; "Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics" - Domesday Book.