Something that I think gets terribly overlooked in American law professors’ discussions about the common law is the extent to which the origins of the early law of alienage in England is driven by animosity over things happening in France.

I don’t know a heck of a lot about this period at all. So ask me not for details.

However, if you’re starting with Dyer or Coke, one might want to ask about this.

I personally refuse to recognize the Pale of Calais as French.