The village community : with special reference to the origin and form of its survivals in Britain . THE MANOR. 2Qg fields of the township, as illustrated in the accompanying we know that parishes are the outcome, to a large extent,of ecclesiastical requirements and of the operation of the poorlaw. If, therefore, such a late institution as the parish standsin relation to the township in much the same position as themanor stands in relation to its parent institution, whatever thatmay prove to be, it is an admissible conjecture that the manorlike the parish is a late derivative institutio
The village community : with special reference to the origin and form of its survivals in Britain . THE MANOR. 2Qg fields of the township, as illustrated in the accompanying we know that parishes are the outcome, to a large extent,of ecclesiastical requirements and of the operation of the poorlaw. If, therefore, such a late institution as the parish standsin relation to the township in much the same position as themanor stands in relation to its parent institution, whatever thatmay prove to be, it is an admissible conjecture that the manorlike the parish is a late derivative institution, and not an earlyprimary institution. To the evidence of non-manorial typesof the village community which has been adduced we mayadd the additional evidence as to the possibly late origin ofmanors; and, on the whole, it appears to me that the conclu-sion is irresistible that the village community in England owesits form and grow^th, its agricultural economy, its homesteadrights and privileges, to primitive institutions and not to themanor. The fragmentary survivals of the village community ha
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