Laws of Hywel Dda

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The Laws of Hywel Dda are a medieval Welsh legal code traditionally attributed to King Hywel the Good, notable for its relatively progressive provisions on women’s rights, compensation, and social order in Wales.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legal text
law code
medieval Welsh legal code
alsoKnownAs Cyfraith Hywel NERFINISHED
Law of Hywel the Good NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritory medieval Wales
approximateDateOfCompilation 10th century
associatedRuler Hywel Dda NERFINISHED
country Wales
culturalContext medieval Welsh society
hasManuscriptTradition Latin redactions
Welsh redactions
hasVersion Blegywryd redaction NERFINISHED
Book of Blegywryd NERFINISHED
Book of Iorwerth NERFINISHED
Cyfnerth redaction NERFINISHED
Iorwerth redaction
influenced later Welsh customary law
influencedBy Celtic legal traditions
early medieval canon law
language Welsh
legalConcept amobr
cowyll
galanas
sarhad
legalDomain civil law
criminal law
family law
procedural law
property law
legalSystem Welsh law NERFINISHED
namedAfter Hywel Dda NERFINISHED
notableFor detailed compensation system
provisions on women’s rights
regulation of social order
placeOfOrigin Deheubarth NERFINISHED
regulates church relations
compensation for injury
court procedures
divorce
homicide compensation
inheritance
land tenure
marriage
royal officials
status of children
status of women
timePeriod Middle Ages
traditionalAttribution Hywel Dda NERFINISHED

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Hywel Dda notableWork Laws of Hywel Dda