bookland

Speech parts

1. bookland - Noun

2. Bookland - Proper noun

Meaning

Alt. of Bockland

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Examples

The royal demesne was the crown's folkland, whereas the king's bookland was his own personal property which he could leave by will as he chose. Source: Internet

He coined the terms the First Decimation of 844, which he saw as the removal of public dues on a tenth of all bookland, and the Second Decimation of 854, the donation of a tenth of "the private domain of the royal house" to the churches. Source: Internet

In the decimation Æthelwulf may have conveyed royal folkland by charter to become bookland, in some cases to laymen who already rented the land. Source: Internet

Booking land thus converted it by charter from folkland to bookland. Source: Internet

In Anglo-Saxon England property was either folkland or bookland. Source: Internet

In her view Æthelwulf then gave a 10% tax reduction on bookland, and ten years later he took the more generous step of "a widespread distribution of royal lands". Source: Internet

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