Quadripartitus

Quadripartitus is an extensive legal compilation in medieval Latin, likely begun before 1100 and completed between 1108 and 1118 during the reign of Henry I of England, by an author of unknown identity presumed to be the same jurist who wrote the Leges Henrici Primi. It is the largest surviving medieval collection of pre-Conquest English law, arranged in two volumes, the first translating Anglo-Saxon law codes from King Ine through King Cnut along with related legal treatises into Latin, and the second gathering contemporary documents such as Henry I's own coronation charter. Compiled for the use of Henry I's jurists and administrators, it went on to be consulted by later legal scholars including Henry de Bracton in the thirteenth century and John Fortescue in the fifteenth, and its use of Latin rather than archaic English is credited with helping it survive and remain prominent in medieval legal study. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/