Laws of Hywel Dda
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The Laws of Hywel Dda are a medieval Welsh legal code traditionally attributed to King Hywel the Good, notable for its relatively progressive provisions on women’s rights, compensation, and social order in Wales.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laws of Hywel Dda canonical | 5 |
| Law of Hywel the Good | 1 |
| Llandaff Charters | 1 |
| Welsh laws of Hywel Dda | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7403840 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws of Hywel Dda Context triple: [Hywel Dda, notableWork, Laws of Hywel Dda]
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A.
Anglo-Saxon law
Anglo-Saxon law was the early medieval legal system of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England, characterized by customary rules, local courts, and a strong emphasis on compensation and kinship obligations.
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B.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
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C.
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 were a series of statutes passed by the English Parliament that annexed Wales to the Kingdom of England, abolished its separate legal system, and integrated it administratively and legally under English rule.
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D.
Liber Iudiciorum
Liber Iudiciorum is a 7th-century Visigothic legal code that systematized Roman and Germanic law in the Iberian Peninsula and became a foundational source for later medieval Spanish jurisprudence.
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E.
Norman law
Norman law is the body of medieval legal customs and principles developed in the Duchy of Normandy that significantly shaped the legal systems of Normandy’s successor territories and parts of Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws of Hywel Dda Target entity description: The Laws of Hywel Dda are a medieval Welsh legal code traditionally attributed to King Hywel the Good, notable for its relatively progressive provisions on women’s rights, compensation, and social order in Wales.
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A.
Anglo-Saxon law
Anglo-Saxon law was the early medieval legal system of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England, characterized by customary rules, local courts, and a strong emphasis on compensation and kinship obligations.
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B.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
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C.
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 were a series of statutes passed by the English Parliament that annexed Wales to the Kingdom of England, abolished its separate legal system, and integrated it administratively and legally under English rule.
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D.
Liber Iudiciorum
Liber Iudiciorum is a 7th-century Visigothic legal code that systematized Roman and Germanic law in the Iberian Peninsula and became a foundational source for later medieval Spanish jurisprudence.
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E.
Norman law
Norman law is the body of medieval legal customs and principles developed in the Duchy of Normandy that significantly shaped the legal systems of Normandy’s successor territories and parts of Western Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical legal text
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law code ⓘ medieval Welsh legal code ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cyfraith Hywel
ⓘ
Law of Hywel the Good ⓘ
linked to:
Laws of Hywel Dda
|
| appliesToTerritory | medieval Wales ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfCompilation | 10th century ⓘ |
| associatedRuler | Hywel Dda ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| culturalContext | medieval Welsh society ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition |
Latin redactions
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Welsh redactions ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Blegywryd redaction
ⓘ
Book of Blegywryd ⓘ Book of Iorwerth ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Blegywryd
Cyfnerth redaction ⓘ Iorwerth redaction ⓘ |
| influenced | later Welsh customary law ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Celtic legal traditions
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early medieval canon law ⓘ |
| language | Welsh ⓘ |
| legalConcept |
amobr
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cowyll ⓘ galanas ⓘ sarhad ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
civil law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ family law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Welsh law ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hywel Dda ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed compensation system
ⓘ
provisions on women’s rights ⓘ regulation of social order ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Deheubarth ⓘ |
| regulates |
church relations
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compensation for injury ⓘ court procedures ⓘ divorce ⓘ homicide compensation ⓘ inheritance ⓘ land tenure ⓘ marriage ⓘ royal officials ⓘ status of children ⓘ status of women ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Hywel Dda ⓘ |
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Subject: Laws of Hywel Dda Description of subject: The Laws of Hywel Dda are a medieval Welsh legal code traditionally attributed to King Hywel the Good, notable for its relatively progressive provisions on women’s rights, compensation, and social order in Wales.
Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Laws of Hywel Dda
linked to: Laws of Hywel Dda