Laws of King Cnut

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Cnut's_Laws
Leges Henrici Primi (in part)
gptkbp:author gptkb:King_Cnut
gptkbp:contains provisions on church rights
provisions on theft
provisions on homicide
provisions on royal authority
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Laws of King Cnut
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_law
Swedish law
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:period early 11th century
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:publicationDate c. 1020–1023
gptkbp:purpose regulate English society
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Laws_of_Æthelred_the_Unready
gptkb:Laws_of_Edward_the_Confessor
gptkbp:significance important source for early English law
gptkbp:subject gptkb:crime
canon law
social order
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5