Published in 1840, this two-volume original-language compendium of medieval law remains a standard source for scholars. Volume 1 contains secular law from the first converted Christian king, Æthelberht of Kent, whose laws are the earliest written code in any Germanic language, to those of the first three Norman kings.
This 1840 compendium of the ancient laws of England is a standard source of original-language documentary evidence from the period.
