The following pages contain an account of the principles upon which the public and political life of our Anglosaxon forefathers was based, and the institutions in which those principles were most clearly manifested. The subject is a grave one: it is the history of the childhood of our own age--the explanation of its manhood. (From the Preface)
Chapters
1 Title Page - Dedication - Preface - Preface to the New Edition 9 min 2 Book I, Chapter I - Saxon and Welsh Traditions 43 min 3 Book I, Chapter II - The Mark 44 min 4 Book I, Chapter III - The Gá or Scír 25 min 5 Book I, Chapter IV - Landed Possession. The Eðel, Híd, or Alod 42 min 6 Book I, Chapter V - Personal Rank. The Freeman. The Noble 19 min 7 Book I, Chapter VI - The King 29 min 8 Book I, Chapter VII - The Noble by Service 28 min 9 Book I, Chapter VIII - The Unfree. The Serf 49 min 10 Book I, Chapter IX - The Mutual Guarantee. Mægburgh. Tithing. Hundred 49 min 11 Book I, Chapter X - Fǽhðe. Wergyld 31 min 12 Book I, Chapter XI - Folcland. Bócland. Lǽnland 46 min 13 Book I, Chapter XII, Part 1 - Heathendom 43 min 14 Book I, Chapter XII, Part 2 - Heathendom 50 min 15 Book I, Chapter XII, Part 3 - Heathendom 50 min 16 Book II, Chapter I - Growth of the Kingly Power 37 min 17 Book II, Chapter II, Part I - The Regalia or Rights of Royalty 42 min 18 Book II, Chapter II, Part II - The Regalia or Rights of Royalty 40 min 19 Book II, Chapter III - The King's Court and Household 28 min 20 Book II, Chapter IV - The Ealdorman or Duke 35 min 21 Book II, Chapter V - The Geréfa 43 min 22 Book II, Chapter VI, Part I - The Witena Gemót 1 h 12 min 23 Book II, Chapter VI, Part II - The Witena Gemót 30 min 24 Book II, Chapter VII, Part I - The Towns 48 min 25 Book II, Chapter VII, Part II - The Towns 54 min 26 Book II, Chapter VIII, Part I - The Bishop 39 min 27 Book II. Chapter VIII, Part II - The Bishop 40 min 28 Book II, Chapter IX - The Clergy and Monks 53 min 29 Book II, Chapter X - The Income of the Clergy 31 min 30 Book II, Chapter XI - The Poor 29 min
