Which term means a group of ten households?

Which term means a group of ten households?

• A. Hundreds
• B. Tithings
• C. Geld Tax
• D. Oath

Answer: (B)

The unit described is a tithing. In early Anglo-Saxon England, a tithing was about ten households bound together for mutual responsibility, with members pledging to keep the peace. If a crime occurred, the whole tithing could be called to account and expected to produce the offender at the hundred court. This system sits within a larger framework where several tithings formed a hundred, which handled local justice. The other terms refer to different ideas—a hundred is a larger district, geld is a tax, and an oath is a formal pledge—so they don’t denote the ten-household unit.

The unit described is a tithing. In early Anglo-Saxon England, a tithing was about ten households bound together for mutual responsibility, with members pledging to keep the peace. If a crime occurred, the whole tithing could be called to account and expected to produce the offender at the hundred court. This system sits within a larger framework where several tithings formed a hundred, which handled local justice. The other terms refer to different ideas—a hundred is a larger district, geld is a tax, and an oath is a formal pledge—so they don’t denote the ten-household unit.