The Angevin Empire and the Rise of Common Law under Henry II

Before the murder of Thomas Becket, Henry II was busy building an empire and a legal system. This episode explores the administrative and legal revolution that Henry II engineered: the Assize of Clarendon, the introduction of the jury system, the creation of the Court of Common Pleas, and the development of English common law. We discuss how Henry's reforms centralized royal power, the tensions they created with feudalism, and the legacy of the Angevin legal framework that still influences law today. Lucas and Luna also touch on the role of Ranulf de Glanvill, Henry's chief justiciar, and the significance of the Domesday Book's earlier precedent. A deep dive into the machinery of medieval governance. #HenryII #CommonLaw #AssizeOfClarendon #AngevinEmpire #JurySystem #CourtOfCommonPleas #RanulfDeGlanvill #EnglishLaw #MedievalEurope #Plantagenets #LegalHistory #DomesdayBook #Feudalism #ThomasBecket #HenryIIReforms #History #FexingoHistory #England Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo