... Willelmi Articuli Wulfstan bishop of London and Worcester archbishop of York Æthelred II king of England Breviarium Alaricum Collectio canonum Quesnelliana Theodosian Code Gerard archbishop of York Henry I king of England Lambarde William Leges Henrici London Collection of the Leges Anglorum...

... canonized Edward the Confessor, and used him as a standard against which to judge the current king. A key part was played by the London Collection of the Leges Anglorum, which compiled and in important respects elaborated and extended the compilations of Old English law codes made during...