Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Part I. God's Peace and King's Peace
6. Map of the Author's Kingdom: England in the Twelfth Century 2
7. Introduction 3
8. 1. "After the Acquisition of This Land" 8
9. 2. "Wise Men and Learned in Their Law" 31
10. 3. "The Rules of Their Laws and Customs" 62
11. 4. "More Honorable Than All Others" 105
12. Epilogue The Preservation of English Law 131
13. Part II. The Laws of Edward the Confessor
14. Establishing the Text of the Author's Treatise 137
15. Leges Edwardi Confessoris/ The Laws of Edward the Confessor 158
16. Appendix: Manuscripts of the Third and Fourth Versions 205
17. Notes 207
18. Selected Bibliography 281
19. General Index 291
20. Index Verborum 301