Law, lit­er­a­ture, and social reg­u­la­tion in ear­ly medieval Eng­land Pre-Con­quest Eng­lish law was among the most sophis­ti­cat­ed in ear­ly medieval Europe. Com­posed large­ly in the ver­nac­u­lar, it played a cru­cial role in the evo­lu­tion of ear­ly Eng­lish iden­ti­ty and exer­cised … Weit­er­lesen →