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 GERMAN KINGDOMS IN THE WEST 127 EXERCISES AND READINGS German Kingdoms in the West: Map Exercise. Indicate upon an outline map all the kingdoms and lesser regions mentioned in the second paragraph of this chapter. The Salic Law. E. F. Henderson, Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages, pp. 176-89. Ogg, Source Book of Medieval History, pp. 61-67. Thatcher and McNeal, Source Book for Medieval History, pp. 16-26. The extracts given by Henderson are the fullest and most inter- esting, but the other two works contain explanatory notes which Henderson lacks. In doing the following exercise upon the Salic Law, use Henderson's text, supplementing it by reference to Ogg: — 1. What other name is given to the hundred court? 2. What sort of penalty is imposed for almost every offense? Find one exception. 3. What social classes are distinguished? 14. Have the old Roman population equal rights before the law with the Franks? 5. Find some examples of the principle of self-help and others of quaint customary legal formalities. 6. Prove from the laws that economic life at this period is almost purely agricultural. 7. What laws show that warfare is a common occupation? 8. What laws indicate the prevalence of superstition and magic? 9. What do these laws show concerning the royal power? 10. Which law suggests the existence of a self-governing village community? Germans in the Roman Empire. Munro and Sellery, Medieval Civilization, pp. 50-59. The Vandals in Africa. Bouchier, Roman Africa, pp. 1 05-11. Cambridge Medieval History, vol. 1, pp. 316-22. The Career of Brunhilda, a Merovingian Queen. Oman, The Dark Ages, pp. 158-76. Kitchin, History of France, vol. 1, pp. 87-93. Theodoric, King of Italy. Oman, The Dark Ages, pp. 19-32 (chap. 11). Selections from Gregory of Tours. Thatcher and McNeal, Source Book for Medieval History, pp. 27-37. Ogg, Source Book of Medieval History, pp. 47-59. Gregory of Tours, History of the Franks, and Isidore of Seville, Etymologies, have recently been translated into English by E. Brehaut, and the Gothic History of Jordmes, by C, C Mierow.