Published in 1840, this two-volume original-language compendium of medieval law remains a standard source for scholars. Volume 2 contains ecclesiastical law from the seventh to the tenth centuries, beginning with the eighth Archbishop of Canterbury, Theodore of Tarsus, an early reformer and uniter of the divided and complex Anglo-Saxon church.

This 1840 compendium of the ancient laws of England is a standard source of original-language documentary evidence from the period.