#3: Medi-Evil: The Law of the Dark and Middle Ages, Part 1

http://www.rpg.net/columns/legal/legal3.phtml

Summary:

Anglo-Saxon law.

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[Old Geezer]

Hm. The whole issue of fines becomes an interesting one -- fines that would be severe to a yeoman or crippling to a less prosperous peasant might not make an adventurer blink.

50 shillings is 2 1/2 pounds, about the price of a mail hauberk in 1350. Hmm.

[mindstalk]

More egalitarian cultures fine as a percentage of wealth.