From the 4th to the 6th Centuries, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and other Germanic Tribes defeated the last legions of the Roman Empire in Britain. They then established small kingdoms. "England" means Land of the Angles.
Around 597 A.D. Ethelbert, King of Kent welcomed Augustine, the Christian missionary to his kingdom and he accepted Christianity. Wihin the century, most of Britain had converted to Christianity.
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Ethelbert' code of laws was issued in German, the language spoken by the majority of these tribes. The code's intent was to create order among these warring, tribal people. It became the foundation of English Law: a ray of civilization at the peak of the Dark Ages. In the panel, Ethelbert presents the law to his subjects. |
