This book on English legal history is a primer; one may read it without prior knowledge of history or law. It looks at history through the statutes, which do not lend themselves to interpretation in the manner that conventional history does. Included are law codes of Kings AEthelbert, Alfred, Cnut, and Henry I; the Magna Carta; and the statutes of England relevant to English life. Ending in 1776, it is the legal heritage that the United States received from England.