Salic law

The Salic law (Lat. lex Salica) was a body of traditional law to govern the Salian Franks (the tribe which had separated from original Franks, went to Dutch coast area, and migrated expanded throughout Belgium and to Northern France, then formed a Kingdom in Northern France and coasts north of it - which was the proto of the future Kingdom of France) that was codified in the early 5th century, during the reign of Clovis I. It was the basis for the laws of Charlemagne, but by the 12th century, both the Frankish kings and their laws had evolved to something new.

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This set of laws determined matters such as inheritance, crime, murder, and so forth. In a kingdom with diverse groups and ethnicities, each ethnic group expected to be governed under their own law.

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The laws went into extreme details concerning damages to be paid in fines for injuries to person or to goods, such as slaves, and for theft and unproven insults. One third of the fine went to court costs. Interpretation of the laws was put in charge of a jury of peers.

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The great detail of the laws and what we retain of their interpretations give interesting insights in Frankish society, for Salic Law makes it clear that an individual has no right to protection if he is not part of a family. To break the family bonds, a person must undergo a pagan-derived ritual, breaking four alder boughs over his head and casting them away, in the presence of judges.

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