Caput baroniae
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The central settlement of an Anglo-Saxon multiple estate (an estate which had main and subsidiary settlements) was called a Script error: No such module "Lang".[2] (also short for Script error: No such module "Lang".).
The word is also used for the centre of administration of a hundred, as well as of the early feudal honour.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Corèdon, Christopher (2004). "Honour". A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-84384-023-7. JSTOR 10.7722/j.ctt14brrmq. OCLC 316719708.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Aston, Michael (1997) [First published 1985]. Interpreting the Landscape (Revised ed.). London; New York: Psychology Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-415-15140-5. LCCN 97196478. OCLC 37626605.
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