Bücher der Reihe Ancient Laws and Institutes of England 2 Volume Set

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, AEthelberht of Kent, whose laws are the earliest written code in any Germanic language, to those of the first three Norman kings.

Published in 1840, this two-volume original-language compendium of medieval law remains a standard source for scholars. Volume 2 contains ecclesiastical law from the seventh to the tenth centuries, beginning with the eighth Archbishop of Canterbury, Theodore of Tarsus, an early reformer and uniter of the divided and complex Anglo-Saxon church.