Law of Æthelberht
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The Law of Æthelberht is a set of legal provisions written in Old English, probably dating to the early 7th century. It originates in the kingdom of Kent, and is the first Germanic-language law code.
Opening folio of the code
Anglo-Saxon law
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Anglo-Saxon law was the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England from the 6th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. It was a form of Germanic law based on unwritten custom known as folk-right and on w
Law of Æthelberht
…law, Textus Roffensis or the "Rochester Book". The Kentish laws occupy folios 1v to 6v, of which Æthelberht's has 1v to 3v. This is a compilation of Anglo-Saxon laws, lists and genealogies drawn together in the early 1120s, half a millennium after Æthelberht's law is thought to have been first written down. Æthelberht's…
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