Social structures and social change in seventh-century England: the law codes and complementary sources

Hines, John Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0440-6214 2013. Social structures and social change in seventh-century England: the law codes and complementary sources. Historical Research 86 (233) , pp. 394-407. 10.1111/1468-2281.12002

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Abstract

A carefully contextualized reading of the four surviving Anglo-Saxon law codes issued in the seventh century, three from Kent and one from Wessex, shows the body of legislation they contain to be coherent and practical, and to support subtle insights into social relationships, processes of social change, and areas of social stress in that period. The importance of archaeological evidence, in particular that concerning the use and significance of materials and artefacts, and developments in settlement structures and the overall settlement pattern, is particularly emphasized.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0950-3471
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/41201

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