CHAPTER I.

_THE CURRENCY IN WHICH WERGELDS WERE RECKONED AND PAID._

I. CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WERGELD OF 100 HEAD OF CATTLE AND THE MINA OF 100 GOLD STATERS 1

II. THE SAME EQUATION REPEATED BETWEEN THE WERGELDS OF WESTERN TRIBES AND 200 GOLD SOLIDI OF CONSTANTINE 5

III. THE FRANKISH CURRENCY 9

IV. THE NORMAN AND ANGLO-SAXON CURRENCY 12

V. THE MINAS WHICH SURVIVED IN USE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE ROMAN POUND 13

VI. THE USE OF GOLD TORQUES AND ARMLETS, ETC., INSTEAD OF COINS 17