Shielings functioned as territorial claims to common pasture rights

Evidence

Karlsson et al. (2010) also suggest that another essential reason for establishing shielings was to demonstrate control and claim rights to the commons in the outland areas. — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 28

Categorization

• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Emil Sandström and Ann-Kristin Ekman and Karl-Johan Lindholm, Commoning in the periphery – The role…, 28
• XREF: connects to: Somalis hold pasture as common property but assert exclusive water rights by force; English territorial rights required voluntary surrender or occupancy rather than papal grants — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 571

Related

• English territorial rights required voluntary surrender or occupancy rather than papal grants (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• English territorial rights required voluntary surrender or occupancy rather than papal grants #responds-to (0.80) — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 571
• Somalis hold pasture as common property but assert exclusive water rights by force #qualifies (0.75)