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 ===== Status and Wergild ===== ===== Status and Wergild =====
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 Each person in the kingdom is assigned a status or social position, with a corresponding wergild or "man-price." Each person in the kingdom is assigned a status or social position, with a corresponding wergild or "man-price."
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 |Boor|50gp|Landless freeman and family| |Boor|50gp|Landless freeman and family|
 |Bondsman|25gp|Indentured laborer| |Bondsman|25gp|Indentured laborer|
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 The Burger class suffers from considerable status anxiety.  They consider themselves better than the Churls, but the Law, the Lords and the Warrior class doesn't seem to agree.  Likewise, the wealthiest merchants of the Burger class consider themselves the equals or even superiors of the poorer lords, who manifestly don't agree. The Burger class suffers from considerable status anxiety.  They consider themselves better than the Churls, but the Law, the Lords and the Warrior class doesn't seem to agree.  Likewise, the wealthiest merchants of the Burger class consider themselves the equals or even superiors of the poorer lords, who manifestly don't agree.
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 ===== Crimes Against Public Order ===== ===== Crimes Against Public Order =====
law.txt · Last modified: 2021/01/11 19:32 by dave