Laws of Edgar
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The Laws of Edgar are a set of late 10th-century English legal codes issued by King Edgar the Peaceful that helped standardize and consolidate Anglo-Saxon law across his kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Laws of Edgar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11280674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws of Edgar Context triple: [Anglo-Saxon law, codifiedIn, Laws of Edgar]
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Law of the Kings
Law of the Kings is a historic Ethiopian legal and religious code that served for centuries as the foundational basis of law and governance in Ethiopia.
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Leyes Fundamentales del Reino
Las Leyes Fundamentales del Reino fueron el conjunto de normas cuasi-constitucionales que estructuraron el régimen franquista en España, definiendo sus instituciones, poderes y principios ideológicos entre 1938 y 1977.
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Ordinances of Justice
The Ordinances of Justice were a set of late 13th-century Florentine constitutional laws that restructured the republic’s government to empower guilds and commoners while curbing the influence of the nobility.
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D.
Liber Iudiciorum
Liber Iudiciorum is a 7th-century Visigothic legal code that systematized Roman and Germanic law in the Iberian Peninsula and became a foundational source for later medieval Spanish jurisprudence.
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E.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laws of Edgar Target entity description: The Laws of Edgar are a set of late 10th-century English legal codes issued by King Edgar the Peaceful that helped standardize and consolidate Anglo-Saxon law across his kingdom.
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A.
Law of the Kings
Law of the Kings is a historic Ethiopian legal and religious code that served for centuries as the foundational basis of law and governance in Ethiopia.
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B.
Leyes Fundamentales del Reino
Las Leyes Fundamentales del Reino fueron el conjunto de normas cuasi-constitucionales que estructuraron el régimen franquista en España, definiendo sus instituciones, poderes y principios ideológicos entre 1938 y 1977.
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C.
Ordinances of Justice
The Ordinances of Justice were a set of late 13th-century Florentine constitutional laws that restructured the republic’s government to empower guilds and commoners while curbing the influence of the nobility.
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D.
Liber Iudiciorum
Liber Iudiciorum is a 7th-century Visigothic legal code that systematized Roman and Germanic law in the Iberian Peninsula and became a foundational source for later medieval Spanish jurisprudence.
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E.
Ruffhead’s Statutes
Ruffhead’s Statutes is an 18th-century printed compilation of English statutes edited by Owen Ruffhead that served as a principal authoritative collection of the laws of England before later official series superseded it.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Saxon legal code
ⓘ
English legal code ⓘ medieval law code ⓘ |
| aim |
consolidation of royal control
ⓘ
promotion of peace and order ⓘ protection of the church ⓘ standardization of law across the kingdom ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| author |
King Edgar the Peaceful
ⓘ
linked to:
Edgar the Peaceful
|
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfIssue | late 10th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Laws of Æthelred the Unready ⓘ |
| follows |
Laws of Edmund
ⓘ
earlier Anglo-Saxon customary law ⓘ |
| historicalContext | reign of Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ |
| inception |
c. 959
ⓘ
c. 963 ⓘ c. 970 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of common law traditions
ⓘ
later English royal legislation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian canon law
ⓘ
linked to:
Canon law
earlier West Saxon law codes ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
binding law
ⓘ
royal legislation ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Anglo-Saxon law ⓘ |
| locationOfPromulgation | England ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
church and secular relations
ⓘ
coinage regulation ⓘ ecclesiastical privileges ⓘ fines and compensation ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ oaths and sureties ⓘ royal authority ⓘ tithes and church dues ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
King Edgar the Peaceful
ⓘ
linked to:
Edgar the Peaceful
|
| partOf | corpus of Anglo-Saxon law codes ⓘ |
| periodOfUse |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy |
King Edgar the Peaceful
ⓘ
linked to:
Edgar the Peaceful
|
| publisher |
King Edgar the Peaceful
ⓘ
linked to:
Edgar the Peaceful
|
| regulates |
breach of the king’s peace
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hundred courts ⓘ ordeals and proofs ⓘ payment of wergild ⓘ penalties for theft ⓘ shire courts ⓘ |
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Subject: Laws of Edgar Description of subject: The Laws of Edgar are a set of late 10th-century English legal codes issued by King Edgar the Peaceful that helped standardize and consolidate Anglo-Saxon law across his kingdom.
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