Author: Hampson, R.T.
Title: Origines Patriclae; or a Deduction of European Titles of Nobility & Dignified Offices from their Primitive Sources
Description: London, Henry Kent Causton, 1846. orig.cloth. 23x14cm, xv, 428 pp, Partially unopened. One page margin has a small chip, some minor foxing.Title label on spine heavily rubbed. Corner bumps, rubbed, a 1cm tear to front exterior hinge, Good. ¶ Contents: Asiatic Origin of European Titles; That the Chiefs of the Sakasenas & the first Romans were distinguished by Titles significant of the care due from them to their Followers; Chiefs, with Titles allusive to Food, and Land antiently granted for Sustenance; The Feodal System Primtive & Universal; The Principle Terms in the Feodal Law result from the Nature of the Moral Bond between the Chief & his Followers; Homage & Fealty; Oaths of Allegiange; & Duties of Vassals; That the Anglo-Saxons, in Particular, Possessed all the Chief Incidents of the Feodal System; Titles of the Possessors of Supreme Authority; Titles of Associates or Companions; Household Dignities & Offices, High & Low; Titles from Personal Accidents & Attributes; Conclusion; Appendix: Rigs Mal; An Allegorical Account of the Origin of Ranks & Titles, Composed in the Seventh or Eighth Century; Additional Notes; Glossarial Index.

Keywords: Titles of Honour, Feudal Sociology, Germanic Philology, Feudalism, Medieval Law, Genealogy, Anglo-Saxon, Nobility, Noble Rank