Evidence for Hiberno-Latin Thought in the Prologue to the Laws of Alfred.
The article examines possible sources for a prologue written by Anglo-Saxon king Alfred to his law code. Emphasis is given to the suggestions that Alfred's ideas were shaped by the Hiberno-Latin legal tradition and were adapted to develop the system of Anglo-Saxon customary law. Other topics include...
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University of North Carolina Press
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