Anglo-Saxon Law Stuff

Translation of IV Edgar
by Ingrid Ivarsen, post on Tue 16 September 2025

Translations 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 2025

IV 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?

The problems with ‘Welsh’ and ‘English’ in Ine’s laws
by Ingrid Ivarsen, post on Tue 16 September 2025

Historians and others have made extensive use of the ethnic labels found in Ine’s laws. But what are they actually evidence of?