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The Law of Hywel Dda: Law Texts from Medieval Wales, Translated and Edited

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dafydd JenkinsPublish date:8/21/2025Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Y LolfaISBN-13:9781800996885ISBN-10:1800996888UPC:9781800996885Book Category:History, Law, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Europe, Legal History, MedievalBook Topic:MedievalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCG55DCJZ2

The Law of Hywel Dda: Law Texts from Medieval Wales, Translated and Edited

Hywel Dda ('Hywel the Good', d.950), who ruled most of Wales in the tenth century, is known for gathering expert lawyers to bring together and codify a system of laws which was carefully preserved and in daily use in Wales for over 500 years, almost until the Tudor Union of Wales with England in 1536. It includes the 'laws of the court', laying down the obligations and entitlements of the king...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Y LolfaISBN-13:9781800996885ISBN-10:1800996888UPC:9781800996885Book Category:History, Law, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Europe, Legal History, MedievalBook Topic:MedievalSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCG55DCJZ2
Jenkins, Dafydd: - A Londoner by birth, Dafydd Jenkins (1911-2012) lived in Ceredigion from 1938 onwards. He read Natural Sciences and Law at Cambridge University, England, and then became a barrister on the South Wales Circuit. He was Organising Secretary for the Welsh Language Petition in 1938, and joined the staff of the Law Department at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1965. He held a...
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