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Fall 2018

Medieval Law

Seminar: English Legal History

MATERIALS

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Fall 2018

History 2080 (Medieval Law)		Law 2166 (Legal History Seminar: English Legal History)
Prof. Donahue		Fall 2018

The syllabus is admittedly ambitious, perhaps overly ambitious, particularly at the beginning. Here is a list of the materials that I hope that you will be able to cover before coming to class in the first three weeks:

Week 1

Textus Roffensis (front cover) (jpg)

Textus Roffensis (folio 1r) ( jpg)

Textus Roffensis (folio 1v) (jpg)

Textus Roffensis (folio 110v) (jpg)

Textus Roffensis (folio 111r) (jpg)

Textus Roffensis (folio 119r) (jpg)

Materials, Sections 2D–2F (text and trans. of Aethelbert’s ‘Code’, an article by Brian Simpson about it, and an attempt to analyze the document) (pdf).

Wormald, ‘Lex scripta’ (a leading article on the topic).

Outline of the class (describes what was done in the class the last time it was given).

Week 2

Materials on Domesday book, including the almost complete Domesday of Huntingdonshire (pdf).

Outline of the class (describes what was done in the class the last time it was given).

Week 3

The syllabus gives you the order in which to take a up the materials and some suggestions as to how to bring them within manageable bounds.

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