Edward A. Freeman
historical figure · 4 works · 8 mentions · 14 anchored passages
Freeman · Mr. Freeman · Professor Freeman
in the texts
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
Historian cited for work on English constitutional and comparative political history.
(Freeman, ‘Norman Conquest,’ I.
Freeman tells us that Uffington, Gillingham, and Tooting were in all probability English village-communities originally settled by the Uffingas, Gillingas, and Totingas, three Teutonic joint-families.
Freeman (‘Norman Conquest,’ i.
Dissertations on Early Law and Custom
Author of Comparative Politics, cited for a list of titles denoting the authority of elders.
Freeman (in his ‘Comparative Politics,’ pp.
Freeman, speaking of the later revival of Hellenic freedom in the collection of States united by the Achæan League (‘History of Federal Government,’ i.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Historian criticized for overstating the elective right of the Witenagemot and transferring it uncritically to the Norman Curia.
Professor Freeman pushed to excess the supposed right of the Witenagemot to elect the King, and transferred it to the Norman Curia.
(2) Professor Freeman, Dr.
The theories of Stubbs and Freeman, once universally accepted, require substantial modifications.
Ancient Law
Historian remembered as remarking on lawyers' ignorance of medieval institutional history.
There have been complaints, often too well justified, of the historical ignorance prevailing among lawyers.