of English Legal History By Frederic W. Maitland, LL.D., D.C.L. Late Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge and Francis C. Montague, M.A. Professor of History, University College, London Edited with Notes and Appendices by James F. Colby Parker Professor of Law in Dartmouth College G. P. Putnam's Sons EDITOR'S NOTE THE following pages contain a reprint of a series of articles upon the chief epochs in the history of English law which were contributed to Social England, edited by H. D. Traill, D.C.L. (G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1899), by the late Prof. Frederic W. Maitland of Cambridge University, and Prof. Francis C. Montague of University College, London. These articles supplied what long had been needed for general readers and for law students-a brief but comprehensive, accurate but untechnical account of the origin and growth of English law. Despite the publication in 1912 of what, by comparison with the voluminous histories of Pollock and Maitland and of Holdsworth, is properly entitled A Short History of English Law, by the eminent scholar, Edward Jenks, this series of articles now forms the best available introduction to English legal history. Their original appearance, scattered through the large volumes of Social England, has lessened if not barred their use by many persons, and it is hoped that their reprint in this compact form will insure their wider use. For the benefit of general readers, and particularly |