Anglo-Saxon legal system

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:administeredBy local courts
hundred courts
shire courts
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:bridge
gptkb:monarchy
folk
common law tradition
gptkbp:characterizedBy customary law
ordeal
folk moots
wergild
compurgation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anglo-Saxon legal system
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Germanic_law
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:notableFeature collective responsibility
trial by ordeal
dooms (laws)
absence of professional judges
emphasis on kinship ties
law codes of kings
trial by compurgation
use of oaths
gptkbp:notableLawgiver gptkb:King_Alfred_the_Great
gptkb:King_Cnut
gptkb:King_Edmund_I
gptkb:King_Ine_of_Wessex
King Aethelbert of Kent
gptkbp:penalty capital punishment
compensation
outlawry
gptkbp:period 5th to 11th centuries
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:server
gptkb:Danelaw
chatbot
tithing
land law
ceorl
thegn
blood feud
outlawry
manorial court
folkright
frankpledge
king's peace
oath-helper
wer
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Norman_law
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_scribes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8