Northumbrian Vikings. Edward took control of the Danelaw and ruled over the whole of England. The Danes were not driven out of the country, they were made subjects of Wessex. The descendants of the Danish conquerors became peaceful peasants & traders. They were skilful shipbuilders. They were not very different from the Anglo-Saxons. They had adopted their town. Many Scandinavian words came into the English language (happy, ugly, ill, weak etc.) The Saxons' Golden Age started when Athelstan (Alfred's grandson, Edward's son), won a great victory in 937 against an army of Irish Vikings, Scots & Stathclyde Britons. Athelstan was interested in good government. He ordered on coinage to be used throughout the land. The king was a collector of art & holy relics. After his death his successors, Edmund & Eadred, had to fight new Viking raiders. England was not at peace again until Edgar became king of Wessex in 959. With his death in 975 the golden age ended. At the end of the 10th cent
I: 3). Samuti näeb surmanuhtlust kuulsas templirüvetajate sättes (Add. XI: 1), millest räägin täpsemalt hiljem. Lex Frisionum III: 8-9 ja X: 1 väidavad, et mees võib oma käest ilma jääda kui ta andis valevande, samuti ka Ewa ad Amorem ütleb sõna-sõnalt, et vandemurdmist karistatakse käe maha võtmisega. Anglo-sakside seadused mainivad kaks korda käe maharaiumise karistust: kirikust varastamise eest (Afred 6) ja kuritahtlikult valeraha tegemise eest (Athelstan 14) 2.8 Vande andmine Kuriteos süüdistatav võib vältida süüdimõistmist vandudes oma süütust. Lisaks peab ta tagama kindla arvu ``vande-abilisi``, kes kinnitaks tema süütust. Need kaaslased pidid olema sama staatusega kui süüdistatav. Täpne vande-abiliste arv on Lex Frisionumis määratud. See sõltus ohvri ja ka süüdistatava staatusest: aadliku mõrva puhul oli vaja rohkem vande-abilisi, ning aadliku vanne luges rohkem kui vabakodaniku või talupoja oma
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