The Beginnings of English Law
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The laws of Æthelbert of Kent (ca. 600), Hlohere and Eadric (685x686), and Wihtred (695), are the earliest laws from Anglo-Saxon England, and the first Germanic laws written in the vernacular. They are of unique importance as the only extant early medieval English laws that delineate the progress of law and legal language in the early days of the conversion to Christianity. Æthelbert's laws, the closest existing equivalent to Germanic law as it was...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1442614838
ISBN13:9781442614833
Release Date:October 2012
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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