Légende

Transcript of the Assize of Northampton, 1176. The legal reforms of Henry II's reign were of fundamental importance in English constitutional development. Their texts are known only from copies in chronicles such as that of Henry's clerks. This is part of Roger of Hoveden's transcript of one of Henry's major enactments, the Assize of Northampton of 1176, full details of which are given only in Roger's various writings.

Date

1176

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_098

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,9Mo (4,7Mo) / 29,0cm x 43,2cm / 3421 x 5100 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Latin England library politics country writing law English color medieval political text location century handwriting document script British Library manuscript lettering calligraphy Colour Chronicle mediaeval Middle Ages 12th century assize Assize of Northampton illuminated manuscript manuscript Plantagenet King Henry II Henry II FitzEmpress Henry Roger of Hoveden Roger of Howden Hoveden Roger of Henry Plantagenet Henry II of England Henry of Anjou Henry Curtmantle King of England Henry II Curtmantle Heritage Art Henry FitzEmpress blackletter gothic script Howden Roger of