Constitutions of Clarendon

An extract from Chronica magistri Rogeri de Houedene, Volume II by Roger, of Hoveden, Editor and introduction by Stubbs, William http:/...

The Kingdom of England The realm of England was divided into administrative and judicial districts called shires [counties] each overseen ...

Oaths and the taking of oaths, and the powerful, dramatic and formal ritual ceremony surrounding them have been undertaken since at least t...

Clarendon Palace Clarendon Palace, the location where the Constitutions were drawn up and promulgated, a location very near to b...