Excerpt from One Hundred Years of Poor Law Administration in a Warwickshire VillageThe fifth monograph of our series is the result of prolonged studies begun by Miss Lodge in Paris, under the direction of M. Ch. Bémont. The author intended originally to present a general description of the conditions of land tenure and rural life in mediaeval Gascony. A good deal of material was collected for this purpose, but the scheme proved too comprehensive, and its proper elaboration would have demanded years of further study. I proposed to Miss Lodge to narrow the investigation to one district, and, as far as possible, to connect it With the history of a great social organization. The com plex of estates of the Archbishop of Bordeaux was selected as the principal object of observation, but the economy of estates belonging to the Chapter of saint-andré of Bordeaux was also examined, and a good deal of material from other sources used for the purpose of illustration and comparison.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.