Disputes, their conduct and their settlement in the village communities of eastern Brittany in the ninth century
Wendy Davies
There were formal and informal means for the settlement of disputes within village communities ninth‐century eastern Brittany, although both depended essentially on local knowledge history confidence in good faith those with knowledge. Reference was not made to written law, nor sets customs, principles; answer all problems seen lie past, assumed have an answer. Where procedure meeting presided over by some official, presidents do appear determined outcome; judgment due assessed panels ‘suitable’ men. Peasant sometimes became involved high politics, through property interests more substantial landowners. In these cases arriving at a expressing it often differed: though might be cited, usually heard ruler, who then judged Sometimes this appears been done obvious political purposes.
History and Anthropology