Texts
Laws
The laws to be edited for the project are listed below. The table provides abbreviations, mostly the standard ones used by Felix Liebermann; the name of the text as it appears in contemporary scholarship or in the manuscript witnesses; languages which appear in each; citation of the standard editions; and notice if an edition has been accepted or a proposal is in process.
If a text appears in versions in two languages, each version is treated as a separate text and may be separately edited.
As further texts are added to the project, they will be inserted alphabetically by abbreviation.
| Standard abbreviation | Name of text | Languages | Standard editions | Proposal in process or edition accepted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abt | Æthelberht’s code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 3–8. | Edition accepted: BEL |
| Af | Alfred’s domboc | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 16–20, 26–89. | Proposal in process: LO&SJ |
| AGu | Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 126–128. | Proposal in process: TG |
| App AGu | Alfred-Guthrum appendix | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 394. | |
| Art Bar | Articles of the barons, 1215 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 285–91. | |
| Art Eyre | Articles for the Eyre | Latin | Roger of Howden, Chronica, ed. William Stubbs, 4 vols, RS (London, 1868–71), vol. 2, pp. 243–44 | Edition accepted: NV |
| Art Inq | Articles of the Inquest of Sheriffs | Latin | Letters and Charters of Gilbert Foliot, ed. A. Morey and C. N. L. Brooke (Cambridge, 1967), pp. 523–24 | Edition accepted: NV |
| I As | Æthelstan’s tithe edict | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 146–48. | |
| As Alm | Æthelstan’s charity edict | Latin |
Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 148. | |
| II As | Æthelstan’s Grately code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 150–66. | |
| III As | Æthelstan’s Thunderfield code | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 170. | Proposal in process: LR |
| IV As | Æthelstan’s Faversham code (fragment) | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 171 (fragment). | Proposal in process: LR |
| IV As Latin | Æthelstan’s Faversham code | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 171–72. | Proposal in process: LR |
| V As | Æthelstan’s Exeter code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 166–68. | |
| VI As | Æthelstan’s London code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 173–82. | |
| VI As 12 | Whittelbury modification of Æthelstan’s Thunderfield code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 182–83. | |
| Ass 1198 | Assize of 1198 | Latin | Roger of Howden, Chronica, ed. William Stubbs, 4 vols, RS (London, 1868–71), vol. 4, pp. 63–66. | |
| Ass Arms | Assize of Arms | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 183–84. | Edition accepted: NV |
| Ass Clar | Assize of Clarendon | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 170–73. | Edition accepted: NV |
| Ass For | First Forest Assize | Latin | Roger of Howden, Chronica, ed. William Stubbs, 4 vols, RS (London, 1868–71), vol. 1, pp. 323–24. | Edition accepted: NV |
| Ass Nor | Assize of Northampton | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 179–81. | Edition accepted: NV |
| Ass Wood | Assize of Woodstock | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 186–88. | Edition accepted: NV |
| I Atr | Æthelred’s Woodstock code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 216–20. | |
| II Atr | Æthelred’s treaty with Olaf | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 220–24. | Proposal in process: JB |
| II Atr app | II Æthelred appendix | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 224–26. | |
| III Atr | Æthelred’s Wantage code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 228–32. | |
| IV Atr a | Statement of current London customs (chapters 1–4.2) | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 232–34. | Proposal in process: DK |
| IV Atr b | Æthelred’s coinage laws (chapters 5–9.3) | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 234–36. | |
| V Atr | Law-making council at Enham, 1008 | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 236–47). | |
| VI Atr | VI Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 246–56. | |
| VI Atr app | VI Æthelred appendix | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp.256–58 | |
| VI Atr Lat | VI Æthelred Latin paraphrase | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 247–57. | |
| VII Atr | Penitential edict at Bath | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 260–61. | |
| VIIa Atr | VIIa Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 262. | |
| VIII Atr | Æthelred’s ‘eighth’ code, 1014 | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 263–68. | |
| IX Atr | IX Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 269. | |
| X Atr | X Æthelred | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 269–70. | |
| Að | Be Mirciscan aðe | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 464. | Proposal in process: AR |
| Becwæð | Hit becwæð | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 400. | |
| Blas | Be blaserum 7 be morðslihtum | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 388. | |
| Cn 1018 | Cnut’s Oxford code, 1018 | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 278-318. | Edition accepted: AK |
| Cn 1020 | Cnut’s first letter to the English, 1020 | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 273–75. | |
| Cn 1027 | Cnut’s second letter to the English, 1027 | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 276–77. | |
| I–II Cn | Cnut’s Winchester code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 278–370. | Proposal in process: MB&BO’B |
| Cn Cb | Colbertine Cnut | Latin | J. L. A. Kolderup-Rosenvinge, ed., Legum Regis Canuti Magni (Copenhagen 1826). | Edition accepted: BO’B |
| Con Clar | Constitutions of Clarendon | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 163–67. | |
| Con Clar Fr | French translation of the Constitutions of Clarendon | French | Emmanuel Wahlberg, ed., La Vie de saint Thomas le Martyr par Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence. Poème historique du XIIe siècle (1172–1174) (Lund, 1922), pp. 81–86. | |
| Conc Reg | Concession of the kingdom to the pope, 1213 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 279–81. | |
| Cons Cn | Consiliatio Cnuti | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 279-371; Felix Liebermann, ed., Consiliatio Cnuti, eine Übertragung angelsächsischer Gesetze aus dem zwölften Jahrhundert (Halle, 1893). | |
| Def Reg 1205 | Writ for the levying of a force for the defence of the kingdom, 1205 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 276–77. | |
| Duel | Benedictio scuti et baculi ad duellum faciendum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 430–31. | Proposal in process: EL |
| Duns | Dunsæte | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 374–78. | |
| ECf1 | Leges Edwardi Confessoris, version 1 (34-chapter text) | Latin | Not edited. | Proposal in process: BO’B |
| ECf2 | Leges Edwardi Confessoris, version 2 (39-chapter text) | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 627–70. | Edition accepted: GPKP |
| ECf2 Hk | Holkham Leges Edwardi | Latin | Not edited: London, BL, Additional MS 49366, fos. 144v–157v. Parts edited separately in Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 627–70; Felix Liebermann, ed., Consiliatio Cnuti, eine Übertragung angelsächsischer Gesetze aus dem zwölften Jahrhundert (Halle, 1893). | Edition accepted: BO'B |
| ECf3 | Leges Edwardi Confessoris, version 3 (revised 39-chapter text) | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 627–70. | |
| ECf4 | Leges Edwardi Confessoris, version 4 (in Leges Anglorum) | Latin | Not edited on its own: selections in Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 635–37, 639, 640, 655–60, 664; see also Leges Anglorum. | |
| ECf3 Fr | Le livre des leis de engletere (French translation of ECf3) | French | Not edited: Cambridge, University Library MS Ee.I.1, fos. 3v–8. | |
| Edict Reg | Proclamation for the preservation of the peace, 1195 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 257–58. | |
| II–III Eg | Edgar’s Andover code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 194–206. | |
| IV Eg | Edgar’s Whitbordesstan code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 206–14. | |
| IV Eg lat | Edgar’s Whitbordesstan code (Latin version) | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 207–15. | |
| EGu | Peace of Edward and Guthrum | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 128–134. | |
| I Em | Edmund’s first code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 184–86. | |
| II Em | Edmund’s bloodfeud laws | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 186–90. | |
| III Em | Edmund’s Colyton code | Latin | See Quadripartitus: Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 190–91. | |
| I Ew | Edward the Elder’s first code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 138–40. | |
| II Ew | Edward the Elder’s second code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 140–44. | |
| Excom I | Qualiter episcopus excommunicare infideles christianos debeat | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 432–33. | |
| Excom II | Excommunicatio aliquem sacrilegum facienda | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 434. | |
| Excom III | Excommunicatio III | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 434. | |
| Excom IV | Excommunicatio, IV | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 435. | |
| Excom V | Excommunicatio V | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 435–36. | |
| Excom VI | Excommunicatio VI | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 436–37. | |
| Excom VII | Excommunicatio VII | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 438–39. | |
| Excom VIII | Excommunicatio VIII | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 439–40. | |
| Excom IX | Excommunicatio IX | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 440. | |
| Excom X | Excommunicatio X | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 440. | |
| Excom XI | Forma solemnis excommunicationis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 441. | |
| Excom XII | Excommunicatio XII | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 441. | |
| Excom XIII | Excommunicatio XIII | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 441. | |
| Forf | Forfang | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 388–90. | |
| Form Pro | Form of proceeding on the judicial visitation, 1194 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 252–57. | |
| Geþyncðo | Be wergildum 7 be geðinðum | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 456–58. | Proposal in process: AR |
| Ger | Gerefa | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 453-5. |
Edition accepted: TG |
| Glanvill | Tractatus de ligibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie qui Glanvill vocatur | Latin | G. D. G. Hall, ed., The Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Realm of England Commonly Called Glanvill (Oxford 1993), pp. 1–177. | Proposal in process: PB&JH |
| Grið | Be griðe 7 be munde | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 470–73. | |
| Had | Hadbot | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 464–68. | Proposal in process: AR |
| Hl | Hlothere and Eadric’s code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 9–11; Lisi Oliver, The Beginnings of English Law (Toronto, 2002), pp. 126–46. | Edition accepted: BEL |
| Hn | Leges Henrici Primi | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 547–611; L. J. Downer, ed., Leges Henrici Primi (Oxford, 1972). | Proposal in process: NK |
| Hn com | Henry I’s county and hundred court regulations | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 524 | Edition accepted: RS |
| Hn cor | Henry I’s coronation charter | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 521–23; William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 117–19; many other editions available. | Edition accepted: RS |
| Hn cor Fr | Henry I’s coronation charter, French translation | French | Not edited: BL MS Harley 458. | |
| Hn Lond | Henry I’s charter for London | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 424–26. | Edition accepted: RS |
| Hn mon | Henry I’s coinage regulations | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 523. | Edition accepted: RS |
| Hn2 cor | Henry II’s coronation charter | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), p. 158. | Edition accepted: NV |
| Hn2 cor Fr | Henry II’s coronation charter, French translation | French | Not edited: BL MS Harley 458. | |
| Hu | Hundred ordinance | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 192–94. | |
| In Cn | Instituta de legibus regum anglorum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 612–17. | Proposal in process: MB&BO’B |
| Ine | Ine’s code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 20–27, 89–123. | Proposal in process: LO&SJ |
| Inq Con | Order for inquiry into evil customs, 1215 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 303–304. | |
| Inq Sher1 | Inquest of Sheriffs | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 175–78. | Edition accepted: NV |
| Inq Sher2 | Inquest of Sheriffs | Latin | Not edited: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS E. Musaeo 222, fo. 155rv. | Edition accepted: NV |
| Iud Dei I | Exorcismus aquae ad iudicium dei demonstrandum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 401–405. | |
| Iud Dei II | Adiuratio ferri uel aquae feruentis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 406–407. | |
| Iud Dei III | Exorcismus panis ordeacii et casei ad probationem ueri | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 408–409. | |
| Iud Dei IV | Benedictio quando iudicium exituri sunt homines | Latin with full OE interlinear gloss | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 409–11. | |
| Iud Dei V | Adiuratio | Latin/ Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 411–12. | |
| Iud Dei VI | Halsuncge | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 412. | |
| Iud Dei VII | Exorcismus aque ad iudicium dei demonstrandum | Latin/ Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 413–14. | |
| Iud Dei VIII | Halsie man ðonne man her | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 415. | |
| Iud Dei IX | Benedictio ferri ab episcopo danda | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 416. | Proposal in process: TF |
| Iud Dei X | Ordo ad iudicium faciendum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 417–18. | |
| Iud Dei XI | Benedictio ferri iuditialis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 419. | |
| Iud Dei XII | De iuditio aque quomodo inuentum sit | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 420–22. | |
| Iud Dei XIII | Benedictio aque frigide ad iudicium faciendum | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 422–24. | |
| Iud Dei XIV | Exorcismus et benedictio panis et casei ad securitatem iuditii faciendus | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 425–27. | |
| Iud Dei XV | Judgment of God XV | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 427. | |
| Iud Dei XVI | Ordo iudicii | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 427–29. | |
| Leges Angl | Leges Anglorum Londoniis collectae | Latin | Not edited; Selections edited in Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, passim. | |
| Leges Wl | Leges Willelmi | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 493–520. | |
| Leis Wl | Leis Willelme | French | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 492–520. | |
| Lib Elec | Grant of freedom of elections to churches, 1214 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 283–84. | |
| Lib Lond | Libertas Londoniensis | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 673–75. | |
| MC 1215 | Magna Carta, 1215 | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 292–302. | |
| MC 1215 Fr | Magna Carta 1215, French translation | French | J. C. Holt, ‚A Verncaular-French Text of Magna Carta 1215’, EHR 89 (1974), 346–64. | |
| Mirce | Be Mircna laga | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 462. | Proposal in process: AR |
| Nor grið | Norðhymbra cyricfrið | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 473. | |
| Norðleod | Norðleoda laga | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 458–60. | Proposal in process: AR |
| Northu | Norðhymbra preosta lagu | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 380–85. | |
| Offa | Report of the papal legates to Offa and Ælfwold | Latin | A. W. Haddan and W. Stubbs, eds., Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents, 3 vols (Oxford, 1869–78), vol. 3, pp. 447–62. | |
| Ordal | Dom be haten ísene an[d] wæt[re] | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 386–87. | |
| Pax | Peace | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 390 | |
| Ps Cn for | Psuedo-Cnut’s forest laws | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 620–26. | |
| Quadr | Quadripartitus | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, 529–46 and passim. | |
| Rect | Rectitudines singularum personarum | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 444-453. |
Edition accepted: TG |
| Romscot | Rome-payment | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 474. | |
| Sacr cor | Coronation oath, English version | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 214–16. | Edition accepted: MC |
| Sacr cor Latin | Coronation oath, Latin version | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 215–17. | |
| St cor | Stephen’s coronation charter | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), p. 142. | Edition accepted: RS |
| St cor Fr | Stephen’s coronation charter, French translation | French | Not edited: BL Harley 458. | |
| St eccl | Stephen’s 1136 charter of liberties for the Church | Latin | William Stubbs, ed., Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History, 9th edn, rev. by H. W. C. Davis (Oxford, 1921), pp. 143–44. | Edition accepted: RS |
| Swer | Hu se man sceal swerie | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 396–98. | |
| Vocab | Expositiones vocabulorum | Old English /French/ Latin | Versions listed in John Edwin Wells, A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050–1400 (New Haven, 1916), 834, and in Hubert Hall, ed., The Red Book of the Exchequer (London, 1896), vol. 1, pp. cxiii–cxv. | |
| Wal | Walreaf | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 392. | |
| Wer | Wergeld | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 392–94. | |
| Wi | Wihtræd’s code | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 12–14. | Edition accepted: BEL |
| Wif | Be wifmannes beweddung | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 442–44. | |
| Wl art | Articles of William I | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 486–88. | |
| Wl art Fr | Articles of William I, French translation | French | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 488–89. | |
| Wl art Lond | Articles of William I, London version | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 489–91. | |
| Wl ep | William I’s writ on church courts | Latin | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 485; David Bates, ed., The Acta of William I, 1066–1087 (Oxford, 1998), no. 128, pp. 440–42. | Edition accepted: DB |
| Wl lad | Willelmes cyninges asetnysse | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 483–84; David Bates, ed., The Acta of William I, 1066–1087 (Oxford, 1998), (no. 130), pp. 445–47. | Edition accepted: DB |
| Wl Lond | William I’s writ for London | Old English | Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, p. 486; David Bates, ed., The Acta of William I, 1066–1087 (Oxford, 1998), no. 180. | Edition accepted: DB |
| Ymb Æwbricas | Adulterers | Old English | R. Flower, ‘The Text of the Burghal Hidage’, London Medieval Studies 1 (1937), p. 62. |
Abbreviations for editions accepted.
AK A. Kennedy, 'Cnut’s law code of 1018’, Anglo-Saxon England 11 (1983), pp. 72-81.
BEL Lisi Oliver, The Beginnings of English Law (Toronto, 2002).
DB David Bates, ed., The Acta of William I, 1066–1087 (Oxford, 1998).
GPKP Bruce O’Brien, God’s Peace and King’s Peace: The Laws of Edward the Confessor
(Philadelphia, 1999).
MC Mary Clayton, 'The Old English Promissio Regis', Anglo-Saxon England, 37 (2008), 91-150.
NV Nicholas Vincent, ed., ‘Acta of Henry II and His Family, 1154–1204’.
RS Richard Sharpe, ed., ‘Anglo-Norman Royal Acta’.
Abbreviations of editors with proposals in process
AR Andrew Rabin
BO’B Bruce O’Brien
DK Derek Keene
EL Eleonora Litta
JB Jenny Benham
LO&SJ Lisi Oliver and Stefan Jurasinski
LR Levi Roach
MB&BO’B Mary Blockley and Bruce O’Brien
NK Nicholas Karn
PB&JH Paul Brand and John Hudson
TF Thomas Faulkner
TG Thomas Gobbitt