Assize of Arms of 1181

The Assize of arms (of Assizes, a result of a medieval solemn assembly, were settled on the legal issues and English arms = arms ) was a 1181 by King Henry II enacted reform of the military organization, a sort of conscription law. To distinguish it from an also Assize of Arms mentioned extension of the decree of 1252 it is also known as Assize of Arms of 1181.

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The possession of various weapons and equipment prescribed without checking that those were in a feudal relation to the king - In the twelve sections of the Assize of arms was all open - graded according to income and wealth. It wrote, inter alia, the following silk had to be done and sorted out a ban on the export of weapons. The king could also raise a shield money for the recruitment of salaried knights. Thus, the military monopoly of the high nobility became a circle of draftees extended to the other broken. Violations could be punished by death.