A Loose Canon: The Quadripartitus, Rectitudines, and the Creation of English Law
S. Jay Lemanski
The article examines the strategies used by compiler of Quadripartitus to justify through textual association inclusion Rectitudines singularum personarum in his collection. compiler, Q, sought use as an instrument protect customary rights Saxon tenants against abuses Norman lords. Q two different strategies. first, composed during reign William II or at very beginning Henry I, associates with texts that reflect a tradition Anglo-Saxon law respecting legal traditions other ethnic groups, arguing estate customs should be preserved part this tradition. second, developed seeks downplay differences between Saxons and Normans, so places those outline obligations lords, here preservation is one duties lords for protection their dependents.
Nottingham medieval studies