CHAPTER VI.

_TRIBAL CUSTOMS OF FRANKS AND OF THE TRIBES CONQUERED BY THE MEROVINGIAN KINGS._

I. THE WERGELDS OF THE LEX SALICA 131

II. THE DIVISION OF CLASSES AS SHOWN BY THE AMOUNT OF THE WERGELD 147

III. TRIBAL RULES OF SUCCESSION IN ‘TERRA SALICA’ 150

IV. THE WERGELDS AND DIVISION OF CLASSES IN THE ‘LEX RIPUARIORUM’ 163

V. THE ALAMANNIC AND BAVARIAN LAWS 172