Vinogradoff’s most important work is Villeinage in England (1892;originally published in Russian, 1887), in which he advanced the theory that the Anglo-Norman manor developed not from a society based on serfdom but from a free village community. His most ambitious work, Outlines of Historical Jurisprudence (1920–22), was incomplete at his death.

Sir Paul Vinogradoff (Russian: Па́вел Гаври́лович Виногра́дов, transliterated: Pavel Gavrilovich Vinogradov; 18 November 1854 (O.S.) in Kostroma, Russian Empire – 19 December 1925 in Paris, France) was a highly reputable Russian and British historian and medievalist.