Wergild, Compensation and Penance: The Monetary Logic of Early Medieval Conflict Resolution by Lukas Bothe, Han Nijdam, Stefan Esders

Wergild, Compensation and Penance: The Monetary Logic of Early Medieval Conflict Resolution

Lukas Bothe, Han Nijdam, Stefan Esders

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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 pe...

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