A Syllabus of Medieval History 395-1300 Author:Dana Carleton Munro Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3Wide-spread custom, dating from pre-Christian times, adopted by church, c. The compurgators. How far responsible. How obtained. Number. Limitations in use. IV. ORDEALS. a. Theory.... more » b. Different kinds. c. The formulas. V. THE WAGER OF BATTLE. a. Theory. b. Persistence. Suitability to feudal ideas. c. Used for purely legal questions. VI. PUNISHMENT FOR DEEDS OF VIOLENCE. a. Primitive idea of retaliation. b. Advance in civilization. c. Valuation of all injuries (Alfred's code, Frisian law). d. Result, not purpose, considered. Late illustrations from laws for students. e. The textit{Wergeld. Values of different classes of persons. CONCLUSION. INFLUENCE OF ROMAN LAW. a. Causing codes to be written. b. In new cases. c. Gradual influence in most cases, especially through church. d. Roman maxim, impossibility of proving a negative. 13. FUSION OF TWO CIVILIZATIONS. INTRODUCTION. NEED OF NEW BLOOD IN THE NEW CIVILIZATION. Pessimistic views of Salvian. textit{(Hodgkin: Italy, Bk. 7, textit{ch. 20.) i. What The Germans Added. textit{(Adams: Civilization, ch. 5.) a. Importance of the individual. b. Public assemblies. c. Elective monarch. Section 4d. Common law. e. Specific customs. II. HOW THE GERMANS SETTLED. a. Relative number. b. Dislike of city life. III. CONTRAST OF THE TWO CIVILIZATIONS. a. Roman. Commerce, industry, education, worship. b. German. Agriculture, chase, war. IV. CONSERVATIVE ELEA1ENTS IN THE OLDER. a. The Church. Organization, missions, ideals, St. Augustine, Bede. b. The imperial idea. Awe which it inspired. Persistence. c. The Latin language. Use in Church and in education. d. The Roman law. e. The city. Independence and continuity. f. The textit{villa. ...« less