The One Church on Earth. How it is manifested, and what are the Terms of Communion with it. By Rev. JOHN ROBERTSON, A.M., Arbroath. Extra fcap. 8vo, price 3s. 6d.
Historical Essays in connection with the Land and the
Church, etc. By E. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Author of ‘Scotland under her Early Kings.’ In 1 vol. 8vo, price 10s. 6d.
Contents.
Standards of the Past in Weight and Currency.
Part I.—1. The Roman and Byzantine Pounds. 2. Talents of the Classical Era. 3. The Roman Currency. 4. The Stipendium. 5. Early Byzantine Currency. Approximate Standards.
Part II.—1. Early Substitutes for a Coinage. 2. Currency of the Early Franks and the House of Capet. 3. Early Germanic and Frison Currency. 4. Norwegian and Irish Currency. 5. Morabetin and Early Spanish Currency. 6. Early English Currency and Standards. Mediæval Standards.
The Year and the Indiction.
The Land.—1. The Acre. 2. The Hide. 3. The Land-gavel. 4. The Shire. 5. Scottish Measurements. 6. Irish Measurements. 7. Irish Land-tenure. 8. The Toshach and the Thane.
Chapters of English History before the Conquest.—1. The King’s Wife. 2. Handfasting. 3. The King’s Kin. 4. Dunstan and his Policy. 5. The Coronation of Edgar.