...at once that the first of these theories we cannot accept if it be put forward in a general form, if it be applied to the whole or anything like the whole...stamped few traces of itself upon the speech of the conquerors. This we regard as an objection which goes to the root of the whole matter and which throws...

...position to deny that in some cases a Roman villa having come into the hands of a Saxon chief tain, he treated the slaves and coloni that he found upon...stamped few traces of itself upon the speech of the conquerors. This we regard as an objection which goes to the root of the whole matter and which throws...

...and "coloni" live on, as' a large element in the population ? Professor Maitland has stated that " against the hypothesis that this was the general case,...of our English villages are the unanswered protest " ; 1 1 Dometdaii Book and Beyond, 1897, p. 222. the argument, that is to say, has been a philological...

...soil and "coloni" live on, as' a large element in the population? Professor Maitland has stated that "against the hypothesis that this was the general...of our English villages are the unanswered protest " ; ' 1 Domesday Book and Beyond, 1897, p. 222. the argument, that is to say, has been a philological...

...first of these theories Sry un- we can not accept if it be put forward in a general form, if accep e' it be applied to the whole or anything like the...stamped few traces of itself upon the speech of the conquerors'. This we regard as an objection which goes to the root of the whole matter and which throws...