Bridge-work, but no bridges: St Boniface and the origins of the common burdens -- Viking wars, public peace: the evolution of bridge-work -- 'As free as the king could grant': the end of communal bridge-work -- Three solutions -- Appendix 1: The Gumley charter of 749 -- Appendix 2: Grants of pontage up to 1400
Summary
A study of the financing, maintenance and construction of medieval bridges uncovers much about law and power at the time
