LH0380 John Hudson on Late Anglo-Saxon Law
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John Hudson explains the efforts to limit violence made by the Anglo-Saxon kings during the 10th century. By doing so, he presents two different types of courts that emerged in that period, and discusses the tradition of written legislation.
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