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- catalog abstract "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 spoken to William shortly after the Conquest by "English nobles who were wise men and learned in their law," recounting "the rules of their laws and customs" for the invading Norman king. When they had finished, the king wondered whether it might not be better for all of them to live under the law of his Viking ancestors; the English, however, protested that they preferred to live by their own pre-Conquest laws. The king acquiesced, and thus, goes the story, were the laws of King Edward the Confessor authorized. Looking through the lens of this important - if spurious - treatise, God's Peace and King's Peace offers the first ground-level view of English law during the century in which the common law was born. Bruce R. O'Brien compares the Leges Edwardi to other memorials of legal policy and practice from before and after 1066, in both Normandy and England, and advances conclusions about the treatises' reliability on specific points of law.".
- catalog alternative "God's peace & king's peace".
- catalog contributor b10941332.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-289) and indexes.".
- catalog description "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 spoken to William shortly after the Conquest by "English nobles who were wise men and learned in their law," recounting "the rules of their laws and customs" for the invading Norman king. When they had finished, the king wondered whether it might not be better for all of them to live under the law of his Viking ancestors; the English, however, protested that they preferred to live by their own pre-Conquest laws.".
- catalog description "The king acquiesced, and thus, goes the story, were the laws of King Edward the Confessor authorized. Looking through the lens of this important - if spurious - treatise, God's Peace and King's Peace offers the first ground-level view of English law during the century in which the common law was born. Bruce R. O'Brien compares the Leges Edwardi to other memorials of legal policy and practice from before and after 1066, in both Normandy and England, and advances conclusions about the treatises' reliability on specific points of law.".
- catalog description "pt. I. God's Peace and King's Peace -- Map of the Author's Kingdom: England in the Twelfth Century. 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 Edwardi. Epilogue: The Preservation of English Law -- pt. 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.".
- catalog extent "xv, 305 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "God's peace and king's peace.".
- catalog identifier "0812234618 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "God's peace and king's peace.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Middle Ages series".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog relation "God's peace and king's peace.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "349.42 21".
- catalog subject "KD544 .O25 1999".
- catalog subject "Law England History.".
- catalog subject "Law England Sources.".
- catalog subject "Law, Anglo-Saxon Sources.".
- catalog subject "Leges Edwardi Confessoris.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. God's Peace and King's Peace -- Map of the Author's Kingdom: England in the Twelfth Century. 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 Edwardi. Epilogue: The Preservation of English Law -- pt. 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.".
- catalog title "God's peace & king's peace".
- catalog title "God's peace and king's peace : the laws of Edward the Confessor / Bruce R. O'Brien.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Sources. fast".
- catalog type "text".