Bøker av Robert Kelham

Explore the fascinating world of the ancient Domesday Book, with this illustrated guide to its contents. Including an account of the tenants therein mentioned, this book also includes a translation of difficult passages, and explanations of terms and abbreviations.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This pioneering work helped to initiate serious inquiry into early English law texts. Joseph Story used it when he studied the Year Books. In 1843 it was reprinted and appended to Bouvier's Law Dictionary. The second part containing the laws of William the Conqueror is printed in three columns containing the text in Norman, Latin translations by a Dr. Wilkins and English translations by Kelham. viii, 259 pp.; xii, 88 [i.e. 90] pp. Two books in one volume, each with separate title page. Facsimile of the first edition.