The famous German Church Historian Rev. Professor Dr.J.H. Kurtz called King Alfred the greatest and noblest of all the monarchs England has ever had. King Alfre

The Formation of English Common Law provides a comprehensive overview of the development of early English law, one of the classic subjects of medieval history.

Knight outlines how some of the main contours of American law came to be as he recounts 21 stories beginning with Alfred the Great in the late 19th century and

Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.