confidence_basket t1_jdc6rob wrote on March 23, 2023 at 10:48 AM

This was the date of Richard I’s ascension to the throne. I don’t know why Richard I specifically was so important…

LordUpton t1_jdcdavb wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:57 AM

I think it's less the importance of Richard accession and more that Henry II reforms were the basis of English common law. I think it was just easier to point at his death as the beginning point rather than trying to work out specifically which reform began the English legal system.

confidence_basket t1_jdcdf8o wrote on March 23, 2023 at 11:58 AM

Ohh this does make thinks clearer. Thank you for your invite!