How did the administration of law evolve in this period?

TTHROUGHOUT EUROPE IN 1000, the law was a hodgepodge of local customs and provincial practices. Over the course of the High Middle Ages, national rulers tried to blend these elements into a uniform system of rules acceptable and applicable to all their peoples, though their success at doing so varied.

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Punishment of AdulterersA man and a woman found guilty of adultery are led naked through the streets in this thirteenth-century French manuscript, preceded by heralds blowing horns and followed by men carrying sticks. This procession may be driving the couple out of town; banishment was a very common punishment for a number of crimes, including theft and assault. (Bibliothèque municipale, Agen [Lot-et-Garonne]/The Bridgeman Art Library)