HIST 1000 Lecture 5: History 1000 ch 5
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Germanic justice: ordeals and compurgation ( cross my heart and hope to die ) an oral tradition. Appeal to the gods in front of everyone ( if i am guilty let the gods punish me similar to cross my heart and hope to die . Money paid to the victim"s family, the king and the survivors. And bot : kind of like insurance if you cut off someone"s limb or body part. Ancient lord-vassal relationship (similar: roman patron-client traditions: wealthy politically important men connected to less important political men). Meaning connected rulers and their closest subjects. King oathed to be a good king and generous to their vassal. The comitatus meaning kings most important companions- warriors to serve and protect the king. (companions) Women and the bride-price groom"s family pay the bride"s family for marriage. But they died young: child birth, nutritional value, fairly fragile.
