English monasteries on the eve of the dissolution (90,00 руб.)

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OXFORD STUDIES IN SOCIAL AND LEGAL HISTORY EDlTED BY PAUL VINOGRADOFF F $ D.C.L., LL.D, DR. HIST., F.B.A. CORPUS PROFESSOR H) JURISPRUDENCE IS THE UNIVERSITY OF HO)25' HONORARY PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IV THE UNIVERSITY OF MOSCOW VOL. I ENGLISH MONASTERIES ON THE EVE OF THE DISSOLUTION By ALEXANDER SAVINE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNVERSlTY OF MOSCOW PATRONAGE IN THE LATER EMPIRE By F. DE ZULUETA FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1909

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OXFORD STUDIES IN SOCIAL AND LEGAL HISTORY EDITED BY PAUL VINOGRADOFF M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., DR. HIST., F.B.A. CORPUS PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD HONORARY PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MOSCOW VOL. I ENGLISH MONASTERIES ON THE EVE OF THE DISSOLUTION BY ALEXANDER SAVINE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UN1VERSITY OF MOSCOW PATRONAGE IN THE LATER EMPIRE By F. DE ZULUETA FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1909

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PREFACE THE nineteenth century has been called the age of historical study, and the twentieth bids fair to follow its predecessor in this respect. At no previous epoch have men felt more keenly that the roots of the present lie deep in the past, and England has had its share in the general movement of European thought in this direction. But, as far as the organization of historical research Is concerned, we have still a good deal to learn and to do in England. It is not sufficient that there should every now and then arise exception-ally gifted and equipped leaders, like Grote, Stubbs, Maitland; it is not enough that there should be a widespread interest in history as a branch of litera-ture. We ought to try to co-ordinate research and train researchers; thorough and systematic investi-gation ought not to be left to chance and to the efforts of selftaught pioneers; the scientific side of history should be brought up to the level of its literary side. How much remains to be done in this respect may be gathered from the fact that there are at present few opportunities for investigators, especially for be-ginners in research, to publish monographs on their particular subjects. Editions of sources, and commentaries or introductions to them, may find their way to the publications of the Selden, the Royal Historical or some other learned society; short articles and notes may be accepted by the English Historical or the Law Quarterly Review. But it is difficult to find a publisher for a special investigation of some length, and even more difficult to make such a mono-graph fit into a series with other monographs of the same kind. And yet it is clear that without such special investigations general constructive work may result in the raising of houses of cards. Nor can it be doubted that the normal conclusion of research teaching in the Universities should be the production of monographs, the methods and results of which could be tested by learned experts outside the narrow circle of the class-room or of a particular University town. In Germany and in France the necessity and value of such publications have been realized long ago. The schools of Schmoller and Gierke, of Knapp and Stutz, of the École des hautes études and of the École des Chartes, make a point of acquainting the world at large with the progress of their work. Without attempting to rival such laboratories of historical research in the quantity and excellence of their output, I propose, with the powerful co-operation of the Clarendon Press. to publish a series of Studies in Social and Legal History in which will be collected monographs on these subjects written by my pupils, or by researchers who have done me the honour of consulting me in the course of their investigations. As a rule, a volume of some 300-400 pages will be issued once a year, and it will contain one or two monographs on the

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