Glanville, Ranulf de, 1130-1190

A translation of Glanville Augmented title: Treatise on the laws and customs of the kingdom of England - 1 online resource : multiple file formats - Legal classic series; v. 1 . - Legal classic series; v. 1 .

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractatus_de_legibus_et_consuetudinibus_regni_Anglie Release date is 2023-07-07

Linda Cantoni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) Linda Cantoni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

"A translation of Glanville" by Ranulf de Glanville is a legal treatise written between 1187-1189. This groundbreaking work systematically codified English law for the first time, defining legal processes and introducing writs that remain influential today. Written for Henry II after years of chaos, it served as the foundation of English common law. The treatise consists of fourteen books covering jurisdictions and procedures in the King's Court, fundamentally transforming how justice was administered throughout the kingdom. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



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