Excerpt from The History of the Law of Primogeniture in England and Its Effect Upon Landed Property: Being an Essay Which, Jointly With Another, Obtained the Yorke Prize of the University of Cambridge Before discussing the further changes which Saxon invasions introduced, it will be convenient to continue the present branch of our subject into a somewhat later period, that we may see how the Keltic custom developed itself when not affected by violent interference from without. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.