Breakin' the Law
Medieval Law
Ready? Good. Now let's look at medieval theory and practice.
I'll talk about legal theory first, then about practical application of the law, and finally talk about criminals and their fate.
Three Kinds of Law
The Middle Ages, drawing on ancient Roman jurisprudence, recognized three sources of law: nature, God, man. All law was understood to be based on one or all of these.
The phrases you will encounter, if you start reading legal history, are: natural law, divine law, and customary law, or the law of nations.