Book contents
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- 1 The Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England (450–1066)
- 2 England after the Conquest
- 3 England in the Thirteenth Century
- 4 England in the Fourteenth Century
- 5 England in the Fifteenth Century
- 6 England in the Sixteenth Century
- 7 The English Constitution in the Seventeenth Century
- 8 A European Perspective
- 9 Wales before Annexation
- 10 The Scottish Constitution before 1707
- 11 The Eighteenth-Century Constitution
- 12 The Constitutional and Parliamentary History of Ireland till the Union
- 13 The United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century
- 14 The United Kingdom in the Twentieth Century
- 15 The Twenty-First-Century Constitution
- 16 Wales since the Annexation
- 17 Scotland in the Union
- 18 Ireland in the Union
- 19 The Making of Empire
- 20 Constitution and Empire
- Index
2 - England after the Conquest
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors’ Preface
- 1 The Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England (450–1066)
- 2 England after the Conquest
- 3 England in the Thirteenth Century
- 4 England in the Fourteenth Century
- 5 England in the Fifteenth Century
- 6 England in the Sixteenth Century
- 7 The English Constitution in the Seventeenth Century
- 8 A European Perspective
- 9 Wales before Annexation
- 10 The Scottish Constitution before 1707
- 11 The Eighteenth-Century Constitution
- 12 The Constitutional and Parliamentary History of Ireland till the Union
- 13 The United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century
- 14 The United Kingdom in the Twentieth Century
- 15 The Twenty-First-Century Constitution
- 16 Wales since the Annexation
- 17 Scotland in the Union
- 18 Ireland in the Union
- 19 The Making of Empire
- 20 Constitution and Empire
- Index
Summary
‘[O]ur whole constitutional law seems at times to be but an appendix to the law of real property.’1 At no time in English history was this aphorism truer than in the aftermath of 1066; indeed, it became uniquely so as a consequence of the kingdom’s conquest. England’s legal tradition was already distinctive prior to that point. The circumstances of the Conquest, and the rapid substitution of a new aristocracy of foreign settlers, rendered it doubly so. The importance of the Conquest and its implementation in the development of English law, and especially the law of real property, can scarcely be overstated.
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