Law codes and legal norms in later Anglo-Saxon England Law codes and legal norms in later Anglo-Saxon England.

This article seeks to provide a fresh perspective on long-standing debates about the role of the written word in later Anglo- Saxon legal culture. Using the law codes of King Æthelstan's reign as a 'case study', it argues that many of the unusual features of early English law are not so much product...

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Published in:	Historical Research Vol. 86; no. 233; pp. 465 - 487
Main Author:	Roach, Levi
Format:	Case Study
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Aug2013
Subjects:	Athelstan, King of England, 895-939 Anglo-Saxon law Transmission of texts History of the codification of laws Tithes Cattle stealing Anglo-Saxon Period, Great Britain, 449-1066 British history sources United Kingdom
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