89. Let [compensation for] weg-reaf [highway robbery] of a theow
[slave] be 3 shillings.

90. If a theow [a type of slave] steal, let him make twofold bot
[twice the value of the stolen goods]. "


- Judicial Procedure -

If a man did something wrong, his case would be heard by the King
and his freemen. His punishment would be given to him by the
community.

There were occasional meetings of "hundreds", which were probably
a hundred hides of land or a hundred families, to settle
wide-spread disputes.




Chapter 2

- The Times: 600-900 -

People lived in villages in which a stone church was the most
prominent building. They lived in one-room huts with walls and
roofs made of wood, mud, and straw. Hangings covered the cracks
in the walls to keep the wind out. Smoke from a fire in the
middle of the room filtered out of cracks in the roof. Grain was