Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE
SAXONS IN ENGLAND.

A HISTORY OF
THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH
TILL THE PERIOD OF
THE NORMAN CONQUEST.

BY
JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE, M.A., F.C.P.S.,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT MUNICH, AND OF THE ROYAL
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT BERLIN,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF HISTORY IN STOCKHOLM, AND OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY OF HISTORY IN COPENHAGEN,
ETC. ETC. ETC.

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“Nobilis et strenua, iuxtaque dotem naturae sagacissima gens Saxonum, ab
antiquis etiam scriptoribus memorata.”

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A NEW EDITION, REVISED BY
WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH, F.R.S.L.,

_Senior Assistant of the Department of Manuscripts in the British
Museum, Honorary Librarian of the Royal Society of Literature, Honorary
Secretary of the British Archæological Association, etc._

VOLUME I.

LONDON:
BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY.
1876.

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
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CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

BOOK II.

THE PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS OF THE CHANGE IN ENGLAND.

CHAPTER Page

I. Growth of the Kingly Power 1

II. The Regalia or Rights of Royalty 29

III. The King’s Court and Household 104

IV. The Ealdorman or Duke 125

V. The Geréfa 151

VI. The Witena Gemót 182

VII. The Towns 262

VIII. The Bishop 342

IX. The Clergy and Monks 414

X. The Income of the Clergy 467

XI. The Poor 497

APPENDIX.

A. The Dooms of the City of London 521

B. Tithe 545

C. Towns 550

D. Cyricsceat 559

THE
SAXONS IN ENGLAND.

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