Tag: king

History of the Oath, 930 AD The word oath comes from Anglo-Saxon. Athelstan was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 AD, and the first King of England …

Coronado Expedition, Muster Roll, 1540 Spanish law required official records to be kept by conquistadors, including the Francisco Vazquez (Vasquez) de Coronado Expedition of the American Southwest in 1540. …

Code of Hammurabi, Babylon 1754 BC Notaries wrote down 282 laws in the Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon in 1754 BC.  It is the oldest evidence of recorded …