In the 10th month of 1042 Lý Thái Tông issued the Hình thư, regarded as the first written law code in Vietnamese history, and changed the era name to Minh Đạo; rules on redeeming penalties with money followed.
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The Hình thư law code
- 1042
- Southeast Asia
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