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