CHAPTER VIII.

_THE TRIBAL CUSTOMS OF THE OLDEST SCANDINAVIAN LAWS._

I. THE MONETARY SYSTEM OF SCANDINAVIA 233

II. THE WERGELDS OF THE GULATHING AND FROSTATHING LAW 238

III. THE GRADATIONS OF SOCIAL RANK DISCLOSED BY THE WERGELDS ETC. 260

IV. THE CLASSES OF FREE MEN AND THEIR RELATION TO LAND 271

V. THE LEX SCANIA ANTIQUA 276

VI. SCANIAN AND LOMBARDIC CUSTOM COMPARED 292