V. THE ALAMANNIC AND BAVARIAN LAWS.
These laws have an interest of their own, but only those points come directly within the range of this inquiry which are likely to throw light upon the interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon laws.
Beginning at once with the wergelds, there are two distinct statements.
The wergelds of the early Alamannic ‘Pactus,’ and of the later ‘Lex Hlotharii.’
According to the ‘Pactus,’ which is assigned to the sixth or seventh century, and which is considered to represent customs of the Alamanni before they were conquered by the Franks,[124] the wergelds were as follows:—
| Baro de mino flidis | 170 solidi (? 160) |
| Medianus Alamannus | 200 ” |
| Primus Alamannus | 240 ” |
And for women:—
| Femina mino flidis | 320 ” |
| Mediana | 400 ” |
| Prima Alamanna | 480 ” |
These wergelds correspond very closely in some points with those of the Burgundian laws and should be compared with them.[125]
The wergeld of women was double that of men of the same class. In the Lex Salica and Lex Ripuariorum, women were paid for threefold.