Slaves and the Unfree in the Laws of Æthelberht
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The twelfth-century collection of laws preserved in Textus Roffensis, the ‘Rochester Book’, illuminates the position of those who were slaves during the Anglo-Saxon period.
Read MoreThe twelfth-century collection of laws preserved in Textus Roffensis, the ‘Rochester Book’, illuminates the position of those who were slaves during the Anglo-Saxon period.
Read MoreDr Christopher Monk explores the origins of Ethelbert’s law-code, foundational document of the Early English Laws portion of the ‘Rochester Book’.
Read MoreFeaturing the hindquarters of a four-legged beast, set beside an interlace panel, this fragment possibly from a tomb is the oldest sculpture yet discovered at the site.
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