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God's peace and king's peace : the laws of Edward the Confessor /
Sometime before the middle of the twelfth century, an anonymous English writer composed the Leges Edwardi, a treatise purporting to contain the laws that had been in force under the Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), cousin of William the Conqueror. The laws were said to have been sp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Middle Ages series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- PART I: GOD'S PEACE AND KING'S PEACE
- Map of the Author's Kingdom: England in the Twelfth Century
- Introduction
- 1. After the Acquisition of This Land: Conquest, Law, and the Author's World
- 2. Wise Men and Learned in Their Law
- Sources and Purpose
- Development of the Text
- Date, Place of Origin, and Author
- 3. The Rules of Their Laws and Customs
- The Peace of God and Holy Church
- The King's Peace
- Ensuring the Peace
- Conclusion
- 4. More Honorable Than All Others: The Later Life of the Leges EdwardiEpilogue: The Preservation of English Law
- PART II: THE LAWS OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
- Establishing the Text of the Author's Treatise
- Manuscripts of the First and Second Versions
- The Relationships of the Manuscripts
- Editorial Procedures
- The Translation
- Previous Editions
- Leges Edwardi Confessoris/The Laws of Edward the Confessor
- Appendix: Manuscripts of the Third and Fourth Versions
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- General Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- EF
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Index Verborum