A quick definition of leges Edwardi Confessoris:

Leges Edwardi Confessoris: A book written in Latin that compiles English law as it was at the end of the reign of Henry I. It is of questionable authority and was written between 1130 and 1135. The author, possibly a secular clerk of French descent, wrote it in the interest of the churches and may have lied for them. It contains pious legends and has a political pamphlet-like quality.