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The first thing that you will remark about these laws, is that duel, wager of battle under shield, 'diremptio causae per pugnam sub uno scuto, is the earliest form of settling a lawsuit. If you cannot agree, fight it out fairly, either by yourself or per campionem, a champion or kemper man, and God defend the right. Then follows 'faida, blood-feud, from generation to generation.
Lex Angliorum et Werinorum, xiv: aut si campionem non habuerit, ipsa ad novem vomeres ignitos examinanda mittatur. Leges Liutprandi, vi, 140. Lex Wisigothorum, iii, 4, 16. See the interesting story of the girl who slew Duke Amalo, as narrated by Gregory of Tours, 9, 27. The bloody nature of the times is depicted naïvely by Gregory, Bishop of Tours, who wrote the history of the Franks.
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