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Reform of Legal System

England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
688–694Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

688

Ine688

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

Develops a Law Code, the 1st to codify a set of Saxon laws

694

Ine694

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

The sub-kingdoms are replaced by shires, similar to modern counties. Issues his new law code which enables Ine to rule Wessex as a single unit

Names involved

Ine

Provenance

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