Translation of IV Edgar
by Ingrid Ivarsen, post on Tue 16 September 2025Translations of the Old English and Latin versions, both from Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 265.
The strange case of IV Edgar
by Ingrid Ivarsen, post on Tue 16 September 2025IV Edgar is an odd text in many ways, not least because it exists in a mysterious Latin version. What are the origins of this tenth-century decree?
A short introduction to Anglo-Saxon legislation
by Ingrid Ivarsen, post on Tue 16 September 2025This very brief overview is only intended as a basic introduction to the law-texts produced in Anglo-Saxon England. I don’t deal with the content and a lot of context is, of course, missing!
The problems with ‘Welsh’ and ‘English’ in Ine’s laws
by Ingrid Ivarsen, post on Tue 16 September 2025Historians and others have made extensive use of the ethnic labels found in Ine’s laws. But what are they actually evidence of?
A possible source used in the prologue to King Alfred’s law-code
by Ingrid Ivarsen, post on Tue 26 August 2025Tracing the sources for an unexplained translation in the biblical prologue to Alfred’s laws