Russell Sandberg is a Professor of Law at Cardiff University. He is the author of Law and Religion (Cambridge, 2011), Religion, Law and Society (Cambridge, 2014) and Subversive Legal History: A Manifesto for the Future of Legal Education (Routledge, 2021).

• Prologue: The Man of Law's Tale; 1. The need for legal history; 2. The architects of legal history; 3. The Anglo-Saxon legacy; 4. The Norman Conquest (c.1066–1154); 5. The father of the common law (c.1154–1215); 6. The myth of Magna Carta (c.1215–1272); 7. The English Justinian (c.1272–1307); 8. The Black Death (c.1307–1485) ; 9. The Tudor transformation (c.1485–1603); 10. The Stuart suicide (c.1603–1649); Epilogue: Destiny of the common law; Afterword.

'Russell Sandberg continues his laudable mission to persuade law students to bring a historical dimension to their studies, encouraging them to do so with his useful and lively account of important stories and debates about the common law's origins and developments, from the Old English kingdoms to the seventeenth century.' Gwen Seabourne, University of Bristol

Russell Sandberg is a Professor of Law at Cardiff University. He is the author of Law and Religion (Cambridge, 2011), Religion, Law and Society (Cambridge, 2014) and Subversive Legal History: A Manifesto for the Future of Legal Education (Routledge, 2021).

• Prologue: The Man of Law's Tale; 1. The need for legal history; 2. The architects of legal history; 3. The Anglo-Saxon legacy; 4. The Norman Conquest (c.1066–1154); 5. The father of the common law (c.1154–1215); 6. The myth of Magna Carta (c.1215–1272); 7. The English Justinian (c.1272–1307); 8. The Black Death (c.1307–1485) ; 9. The Tudor transformation (c.1485–1603); 10. The Stuart suicide (c.1603–1649); Epilogue: Destiny of the common law; Afterword.

'Russell Sandberg continues his laudable mission to persuade law students to bring a historical dimension to their studies, encouraging them to do so with his useful and lively account of important stories and debates about the common law's origins and developments, from the Old English kingdoms to the seventeenth century.' Gwen Seabourne, University of Bristol

Russell Sandberg is a Professor of Law at Cardiff University. He is the author of Law and Religion (Cambridge, 2011), Religion, Law and Society (Cambridge, 2014) and Subversive Legal History: A Manifesto for the Future of Legal Education (Routledge, 2021).

• Prologue: The Man of Law's Tale; 1. The need for legal history; 2. The architects of legal history; 3. The Anglo-Saxon legacy; 4. The Norman Conquest (c.1066–1154); 5. The father of the common law (c.1154–1215); 6. The myth of Magna Carta (c.1215–1272); 7. The English Justinian (c.1272–1307); 8. The Black Death (c.1307–1485) ; 9. The Tudor transformation (c.1485–1603); 10. The Stuart suicide (c.1603–1649); Epilogue: Destiny of the common law; Afterword.

'Russell Sandberg continues his laudable mission to persuade law students to bring a historical dimension to their studies, encouraging them to do so with his useful and lively account of important stories and debates about the common law's origins and developments, from the Old English kingdoms to the seventeenth century.' Gwen Seabourne, University of Bristol