The Growth of the Manor by Paul Vinogradoff - 9781108014502

The Growth of the ManorAuthor(s): Paul Vinogradoff\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108014502, 978-1108014502\nSynopsis\nThe Growth of the Manor [tel] is one of the key works of the eminent expatriate Russian jurist, Paul Vinogradoff [tel]. Expanding on his Oxford lectures, this book attempts to re-establish coherence within English medieval history after the critiques of scholars including Frederic Maitland had supposedly obscured the historical narrative. Tracing the evolution of the manor, Vinogradoff demonstrates how feudal law and tenurial relationships evolved out of more primitive systems of male descent. He claims there was demonstrable progress from a system of communal action and responsibility to one of personal rights and subjection that can be traced through what he calls the 'Celtic', 'Old English' and 'Feudal' periods. The latter system was secured in the Norman Conquest of 1066.