_WITH AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON_ THE ENGLISH MANOR BY W. J. ASHLEY, M.A. PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, LATE FELLOW OF LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD The Essay by the late M. Fustel de Coulanges, here translated, appeared in the _Revue des Questions Historiques_ for April, 1889. It seemed especially suitable for translation; since it presented in a comparatively brief compass all the main arguments of that great historian against the various attempts which have been made to support the theory of primitive agrarian communism by an appeal to historical records. The translation has been made with the consent of Madame Fustel de Coulanges; and it has benefited by the sug…
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