Salic law
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The Salic law, also called the Salian law, was a Frankish civil law code compiled around 500 AD by Clovis, the first Frankish king. The name may refer to the Salii, or "Salian Franks", but this is deb
Record of a judgement by Childebert III, who reigned from 694 to 711 AD
Start of the Salic law in the Wandalgarius Codex of 793/4
Primogeniture
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Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit all or most of their parent's estate, as well as succeed their parent as the ruler of a state.
Salic law
…not belong to a family. The rights of family members were defined; for example, the equal division of land among all living male heirs, in contrast to primogeniture. One tenet of the civil law is agnatic succession, explicitly excluding females from the inheritance of a throne or fief. Indeed, "Salic law" has often…
Esau Sells His Birthright for Pottage of Lentils, a 1728 engraving by Gerard Hoet