of the English crown, and of the methods of collecting them. The value of this essay for early English history cannot be over-estimated; in every direction it throws light upon the existing state of affairs". The most recent edition was published in 2007, also by Oxford University Press, and was edited and translated by Emilie Amt and S. D. Church— and described as being a "...valuable new edition and translation which merits considerable use...". It has, however, also been criticised for doing little "to advance the study of this difficult and important text". See also Tractatus of Glanvill, the earliest surviving treatise on the common law, from the same period. References Bibliography External links English translation of the Dialogue excerpted by the Avalon Project from Books about economic history Economic history of England Medieval economics 12th-century Latin books Latin historical texts from Norman and Angevin England Medieval English law