The Earliest English Kings is a fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon History from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred. It explains and explores the 'Heptarchy' or the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, as well as the various peoples within them, wars, religion, King Offa and the coming of the Vikings. With maps and family trees, this book reveals the complex, distant and tumultuous events of Anglo-Saxon politics.

Based on Liebermann's monumental Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1898-1912, available as a LBE reprint), Robertson's Laws is a companion to Attenborough's Laws of the Earliest English Kings (1922, available as a LBE reprint). "It was at first intended to include in it only the laws of the later Anglo-Saxon period, but it was afterwards thought advisable to add those of William I and Henry I (including the compilation known as the Leis Willelme) because of their intimate connection with the period immediately preceding" (v).

"An ideal introduction to the rich history of criminal justice charting all its main developments from the dooms of Anglo-Saxon times to the rise of the Common Law, struggles for political, legislative and judicial ascendency and the formation of the innovative Criminal Justice System of today."-back cover.