{"product_id":"ancient-laws-and-institutes-of-england-comprising-laws-enacted-under-the-anglo-saxon-kings-from-aethelbirht-to-cnut-paperback-9781108045148","title":"Ancient Laws and Institutes of England; Comprising Laws Enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Aethelbirht to Cnut (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108045148","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAncient Laws and Institutes of England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eComprising Laws Enacted under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Aethelbirht to Cnut\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1840 compendium of the ancient laws of England is a standard source of original-language documentary evidence from the period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Thorpe (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108045148, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e800 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.5 cm, 1.15 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published for the Record Commissioners in 1840, this two-volume work remains a standard source for scholars of Anglo-Saxon and early Norman legal history. Benjamin Thorpe (1781?–1870) was a respected and prolific scholar and translator of Old English, whose publications in the field earned him a civil list pension in 1835. Trained in Copenhagen under Rasmus Rask, Thorpe advocated a scientific approach to philology, and this is reflected in the thoroughness of the notes, commentary, and concordance appended to the sources reprinted here. The preface to the text places the laws in their historical and geographical context, notes where there are unavoidable gaps in the evidence, and offers a descriptive analysis of the original documents. Volume 1 contains the secular laws issued from the reign of Æthelberht to that of Henry I, with a parallel translation of the Anglo-Saxon text, although the sources in Latin and French remain untranslated.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of manuscripts and printed books\u003cbr\u003e Anglo-Saxon Laws: 1. The laws of King Æthelbirht\u003cbr\u003e 2. The laws of Kings Hlothhaere and Eadric\u003cbr\u003e 3. The laws of King Wihtraed\u003cbr\u003e 4. The laws of King Alfred\u003cbr\u003e 5. The laws of King Ine\u003cbr\u003e 6. Alfred and Guthrum's peace\u003cbr\u003e 7. The laws of King Edward\u003cbr\u003e 8. The laws of Edward and Guthrum\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of W?rs\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of oaths\u003cbr\u003e 11. Of W?r-gilds\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of Mercian law\u003cbr\u003e 13. Ranks\u003cbr\u003e 14. The laws of King Æthelstan\u003cbr\u003e 15. The laws of King Edmund\u003cbr\u003e 16. The laws of King Edgar\u003cbr\u003e 17. The laws of King Ethelred\u003cbr\u003e 18. Ordinance respecting the 'Dun-setas'\u003cbr\u003e 19. The laws of King Cnut\u003cbr\u003e 20. Rectitudines singularum personarum\u003cbr\u003e 21. Leges Regis Edwardi Confessoris\u003cbr\u003e 22. The laws of King William the Conqueror\u003cbr\u003e 23. Leges Regis Henrici Primi\u003cbr\u003e Notes on the laws ascribed to King Henry I\u003cbr\u003e Additional remarks\u003cbr\u003e Table of concordance\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913163727128,"sku":"9781108045148","price":48.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108045148i.jpg?v=1696746671","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ancient-laws-and-institutes-of-england-comprising-laws-enacted-under-the-anglo-saxon-kings-from-aethelbirht-to-cnut-paperback-9781108045148","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}