Laws of Edgar
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The Laws of Edgar are a set of late 10th-century English legal codes issued by King Edgar the Peaceful that helped standardize and consolidate Anglo-Saxon law across his kingdom.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laws of Edgar canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Saxon legal code
ⓘ
English legal code ⓘ medieval law code ⓘ |
| aim |
consolidation of royal control
ⓘ
promotion of peace and order ⓘ protection of the church ⓘ standardization of law across the kingdom ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | King Edgar the Peaceful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfIssue | late 10th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Laws of Æthelred the Unready NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Laws of Edmund
ⓘ
earlier Anglo-Saxon customary law ⓘ |
| historicalContext | reign of Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ |
| inception |
c. 959
ⓘ
c. 963 ⓘ c. 970 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of common law traditions
ⓘ
later English royal legislation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian canon law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
earlier West Saxon law codes ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
binding law
ⓘ
royal legislation ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Anglo-Saxon law ⓘ |
| locationOfPromulgation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
church and secular relations
ⓘ
coinage regulation ⓘ ecclesiastical privileges ⓘ fines and compensation ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ oaths and sureties ⓘ royal authority ⓘ tithes and church dues ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Edgar the Peaceful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Anglo-Saxon law codes ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | King Edgar the Peaceful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | King Edgar the Peaceful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
breach of the king’s peace
ⓘ
hundred courts ⓘ ordeals and proofs ⓘ payment of wergild ⓘ penalties for theft ⓘ shire courts ⓘ |
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