medieval-women: Women in Salic Law Excerpts regarding the treatment of women from the Lex Salica (Sa
medieval-women: Women in Salic Law Excerpts regarding the treatment of women from the Lex Salica (Salic Law), the civil law code compiled around the time of King Clovis (roughly 500 C.E.) for the Salian Franks. So interesting/disturbing to see how the ‘worth’ of women is based on their reproductive capability. A fertile woman is worth three times more than an infertile woman. -- source link
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