medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
How about 'farmstead'? Or, if that's too likely to be interpreted to
signify a place with a single dwelling, 'estate'? I grew up in an area
of remanant eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century rural estates
which had several working farms on them, plus a separate house for the
estate manager and another for the parson. Best again, John Dillon
PS: It's not necessary for an estate to be composed solely of
properties forming a contiguous unit.
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Hoyle <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, March 31, 2006 11:32 am
Subject: Re: [M-R] Dictionary of mediaeval Latin
To: [log in to unmask]
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
> I should like to thank everyone for their help and advice in
> answer to my
> query. I have enjoyed perusing the various recorded usages
> provided so
> generously, and I have thus advanced my understanding what was
> being referred to. I
> have also recovered now from the shock of discovering how much it
> would cost
> to purchase J.F. Niermeyer et al.: /Mediae latinitatis lexicon
> minor/ or
> /Oxford Dictionary of Medieval Latin/. I tried to access Du Cange
> and my system
> crashed (it gets like that with .pdf files occasionally) and I
> won't try
> again just yet in case I lose this letter of thanks, again... I
> may just have
> to start saving.
>
> The 'mansa' in the Charter seems to have been extensive ("id est
> unam mansam
> in septem loca divisam...cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus campis
> pratis
> pascuis rivulis piscariis") -- and indeed much of it is still
> identifiable
> (including I very much suspect where I now live, though that is
> not why I am
> worrying at this text at the moment). One translation I have seen
> calls it a
> 'homestead' -- trying to avoid 'manor' (which if the Charter is
> genuine would be
> anachronistic, I think -- for 930 in Cornwall?) -- but running
> into other
> problems as a result. There must have been many dwellings on
> these lands, which
> (the lands) were not all contiguous, and so 'homestead' does not
> seem right
> either, nor proto-village, although there is some of that about it
> (only one
> small part of it ever became a village).
>
> End of ramble, and thank you again.
>
> Susan
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> **********************************************************************
> To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
> to: [log in to unmask]
> To send a message to the list, address it to:
> [log in to unmask]
> To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
> to: [log in to unmask]
> In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
> [log in to unmask]
> For further information, visit our web site:
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
>
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME
to: [log in to unmask]
To send a message to the list, address it to:
[log in to unmask]
To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion
to: [log in to unmask]
In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to:
[log in to unmask]
For further information, visit our web site:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html
|