Concluding Thoughts from England and the Western Legal Tradition / Paul Hyams. Observations Concerning the 'Wergild System' : Explanatory Approaches, Effectiveness and Structural Deficits / Harald Siems -- Monetary Fines, Penalties and Compensations in Late Antiquity / Ralph W. Mathisen -- Wergeld : The Germanic Terminology of Compositio and Its Implementation in the Early Middle Ages / Wolfgang Haubrichs -- Wergild, Mund, and Manbot in Early Anglo-Saxon Law / Lisi 0liver -- Compensation, Honour and Idealism in the Laws of Aethelberht / Tom Lambert -- Wergild and Honour : Using the Case of Frisia to Build a Model / Han Nijdam -- Triplice Weregeldum : Social and Functional Status in the Lex Ribuaria / Lukas Rothe -- Penance and Satisfaction : Conflict Settlement and Penitential Practices in the Frankish World in the Early Middle Ages / Rob Meens -- Limits of Government : Wergild and Legal Reforms under Charlemagne / Karl Ubl -- Wergild in the Carolingian Formula Collections / Warren Brown -- Kin's Collective Responsibility for the Payment of Man's Compensation in Medieval Denmark / Helle Vogt -- Concluding Thoughts from England and the Western Legal Tradition / Paul Hyams.
Summary:
"This volume offers the first comprehensive account of the monetary logic that guided the payment of wergild and blood money in early medieval conflict resolution. In the early middle ages, wergild played multiple roles: it was used to measure a person's status, to prevent and end conflicts, and to negotiate between an individual and the agents of statehood. This collection of interlocking essays by historians, philologists and jurists represents a major contribution to the study of law and society in Western Europe during the early Middle Ages"--Back cover.
Series:
Medieval law and its practice, 1873-8176 ; volume 31
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