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Record Number:
16287
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Rivers , Theodore John.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Adultery in Early Anglo-Saxon Society: Æthelberht 31 in Comparison with Continental Germanic Law [If a married woman committed adultery in early Germanic society, her husband was entitled to retribution. In Anglo-Saxon society, this retribution took the form of a monetary payment directly proportionate to the offended husband’s class status. Aethelberht of Kent was the first Anglo-Saxon lawmaker to make this distinction. The Church did not have a major effect on pagan laws like this one. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Anglo-Saxon England 20, ( 1991): Pages 19 - 25.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Adultery
Ethelbert, King of Kent
Law
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
6-7
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Author's Affiliation:
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
1991.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
02636751