Textus Roffensis: Law, Language, and Libraries in Early Medieval England

Contents: The Book The Textus Roffensis: Keystone of the Medieval Library at Rochester / Mary Richards Textus Roffensis and its Uses / Nicholas Karn The Other Book : Cambridge, Corpus Christ College, M S 383 in Relation to the Textus Roffensis /Thomas Gobbitt Scribal Malpractice and the Study of Anglo-Saxon Law in the Twelfth Century / Stefan Juranski Laws The Laws of King Æthelberht o f Kent: Preservation, Content, and Composition / Nicholas Brooks The Earliest English Texts?: The Language of the Kentish Laws Reconsidered / Carole Hough Drihtinbeag and the Question of the Beginnings of Punishment / Daniela Fruscione Archbishop Wulfstan's ‘Compilation on Status’ in the Textus Roffensia / Andrew Rabin Episcopal Power and Performance: The Fugitive-Thief Rite in Textus Roffensis (also Know n as the Cattle-Theft Charm) / Tracey-Anne Cooper Fathers or Uncles? A Problem in the Old English Tract Known as Wergeld / Julie Mumby Who Wrote Alfred's Laws? / Lisi Oliver Charters Who Introduced Charters into England? The Case for Theodore and Hadrian / Ben Snook The Religious Elements in the Textus Roffensis Charters / David A. E. Pelteret Context King AEthelred the Unready and the Church of Rochester / Simon Keynes Doing Business with William Rufus: The Haddenham Narrative / Richard Sharpe Gundulf of Rochester and the Influence of the School of Bee at Rochester / Sally N. Vaughn