re-publisher of Bracton recommends him as worthy of emulation, since the other books of the day were "indigesta confusio". The law under Elizabeth was medieval. The trend of the day was toward Romanism. Bracton was popular in the time of Elizabeth because he was available through the printing press. In later times, he was read because he was Roman. He was popular because he was medieval. Bracton was commonly read by lawyers in Great Britain's American colonies in the 18th century, and was occasionally cited in pre-revolutionary colonial argumentation against the mother country. Sayings "Not under man but under God and the law." See also Battle of Evesham Cnut the Great Edward I of England Edward the Confessor Elizabeth I of England Exeter Cathedral Henry I of England Henry II of England Henry III of England Isidore of Seville Isidorus Hispalensis John of England Mad Parliament Provisions of Oxford Quia Emptores Richard I of England St. Paul's Cathedral Second Barons' War Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Statute of Marlborough Trover Notes References Further reading Bracton, Henry de. De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliæ, 4 vols., ed. G. E. Woodbine, transl. S. E. Thorne. Publications of the Selden Society, London, 1968–77. Bracton, Henry de. Bracton's Note Book, 3 vols., ed. and trans. F.W Maitland. Cambridge University Press, 1887. (Reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2010. ) External links Bracton Online, Harvard Law School Library 1268 deaths English legal writers Archdeacons of Barnstaple 13th-century Latin writers People from North Devon (district) Year of birth unknown Lawyers from Devon English male non-fiction writers 13th-century English writers 13th-century English lawyers