The Origins of English Feudalism? An Episcopal Land‐Grant Revisited*
Toby Purser
Abstract The debate over whether English feudalism developed immediately after the Norman Conquest or early in twelfth century is still very much alive. wealth of information contained Domesday Book actually tells little nature land‐holding. Only three private land‐grants survive from reign Conqueror. One, 1085 grant Bishop Losinga Hereford to Roger de Lacy, was subject a celebrated article by V. H. Galbraith 1929, which he argued that prime example new developing wake Conquest. However, recent writings have challenged traditional view. This re‐examines light those views and assigns it rather different significance.
Historical Research