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Fustel de Coulanges
1830
1889
Coulanges, Fustel de
Coulanges, Numa Denis de
Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denys
Ashley, W. J. (William James)
1860
1927
Ashley, William James, Sir
Ashley, Margaret
1859
1922
Hill, Annie Margaret
Ashley, Annie Margaret
52045494
The Origin of Property in Land
With an introductory chapter on the English manor by W. J. Ashley
$aUnited Kingdom :$bSwan Sonnenschein,$c1891.
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"The Origin of Property in Land" by Fustel de Coulanges is a scholarly examination of the theories surrounding land ownership, likely written in the late 19th century. This academic work scrutinizes the prevailing notion that private ownership in land evolved from a primitive system of communal land ownership, particularly in the context of Germanic societies and their legal traditions. The book rigorously engages with historical documents and legal codes to challenge the arguments supporting the communal ownership theory posited by earlier scholars like Maurer. The opening of the work presents a detailed critique of the agrarian communism theory, outlining how various historians and theorists argued that early societies cultivated land collectively before transitioning to private property. Rather than concede to this idea, Fustel sets out to verify the scholarly evidence used to support it, highlighting contradictions within these theories. He emphasizes that early German law reflects a system of private ownership rather than communal participation and suggests that what appears to be community ownership may actually indicate a familial or individual landholding, thus laying a foundation for the assertion of private property over communal rights. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
https://archive.org/details/originofproperty00fustuoft
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1891
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Reading ease score: 58.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- History
Real property -- History
Manors -- Great Britain
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Category: History - Other
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