Table of Contents

Part 1 Settlements and peoples: sources and political outlines of early settlement; the Anglo-Saxon settlement; the Scandinavian invasions and settlement; the Normans. Part 2 The European setting and overseas trade: the early medieval economy; the work of Henri Pirenne; Anglo-Saxon England and overseas trade. Part 3 Intenal trade - the coinage and the towns: trade and the King; commodities of trade; the coinage; the boroughs. Part 4 The land: the open fields in early Anglo-Saxon England; the origin of the manor; land tenure; the manor in late Anglo-Saxon England; the rectitudines. Part 5 Kingship and nobility: the age of the conversion; from conversion to the reign of Alfred; the nobility in late Anglo-Saxon England; the manner of life of the nobility. Part 6 Church, learning and literature: ecclesiastical organization; the church and society; education, learning and literature. Part 7 The major social changes: the background to the general problem of social development; kindred; secular lordship; the community. Part 8 The Norman conquest. Part 9 England at the end of the 11th century: the rural economy; Domesday Book; the manor of Domesday Book; the peasants of Domesday Book; sources of wealth, other than arable; towns and boroughs.