Events from 1256

Henry de Bracton writes De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae - comprehensive treatise attempting to systematize English common law using Roman law methods

Dominican interpretation of Ecclesiasticus 24:23-31 - 'I will water my garden of plants' - After Aquinas: 'The garden was watered indeed when Brother Thomas came'

St. Thomas Aquinas receives doctorate - His prayer: 'Give me, O Lord my God, a mind to know You, a heart to seek You, wisdom to find You'