The Laws of the Salian The Laws of the ; 081221322X, 9780812213225; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991; Katherine Fischer Drew; 256 pages; 1991 Following the collapse of the western , the Franks established in northern one of the most enduring of the Germanic barbarian kingdoms. They produced a legal code (which they called the ) at approximately the same time that the and produced theirs, but the Frankish code is the least Romanized and most Germanic of the three. Unlike Roman law, this code does not emphasize marriage and the , , gifts, and contracts; rather, Lex Salica is largely devoted to establishing fixed monetary or other penalties for a wide variety of damaging acts such as "killing women and children," "striking a man on the head so that the brain shows," or "skinning a dead horse without the consent of its owner." An important resource for students and scholars of medieval and legal history, made available once again in Katherine Fischer Drew's expert translation, the code contains much information on Frankish judicial procedure. Drew has here rendered into readable English the Pactus Legis Salicae, generally believed to have been issued by the Frankish King Clovis in the early sixth century and modified by his sons and grandson, Childbert I, Chlotar I, and . In addition, she provides a translation of the Lex Salica Karolina, the code as corrected and reissued some three centuries later by . pdf download: http://variationid.org/2f7ttbF.pdf

The Lombard Laws; Here presented for the first time in English are the law codes of the Lombard kings who ruled Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries. The documents afford unparalleled; 1973; Katherine Fischer Drew; 280 pages; History; ISBN:0812210557 pdf download: http://variationid.org/2f7qMqL.pdf

Magna Carta; ISBN:0313325901; Magna Carta is the medieval touchstone charter of western liberties, brought about by contention among the English crown, nobility, church, and towns. Brief biographical; Katherine Fischer Drew; Jan 1, 2004; 211 pages; History pdf download: http://variationid.org/2f7qNLl.pdf Drew, The Laws of the Salian Franks, p. 44 Until recently there has been general agreement that the Romans relied on the law of hospitalitas, or billeting, as a means of achieving an 2.40â€2: relatives of Clovis led other Salian bands at , Le Mans and other unnamed sites. Following the collapse of the , the Franks established in northern Gaul one of the most enduring of the Germanic barbarian kingdoms. They produced a legal code (which they called the Salic law) at approximately the same time that the Visigoths. I, vol. 3, Lex Ribvaria (Hannover, 1951); Rivers (trans.), The Laws of the Salian and Ripuartan Franks, pp. 67â€102 IN Wood, 'Administration, law and culture in Merovingian Gaul', in R. McKitterick (ed.), The Uses of Literacy in early medieval Europe (Cambridge, 1990). 17 THE LAWS OF THE SALIAN FRANKS 33-34 (Katherine F. Drew trans., 1991). 20 THE HITTITE LAWS 116 (E. Neufeld trans., 1951). lic and private offences on the lines of that of the Romans between crimina and delicta or that of modem English law between crimes and torts. PUBLISHED: 24th January 2008