(monday) History in your game

alsih2o

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The law. Every world has some set of laws, maybe some fun can be gained outside of "don't kill, pay your taxes"?


An overview of how English law was formed- http://vi.uh.edu/pages/bob/elhone/elhmat.html

Anglo-Saxon law, customs step forward and get recorded- http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/saxlaw.htm

Capitulary of Charlemagne, he promises to be in charge, you promise to deal with it- http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/capitula.htm

The Lex Frisionum, tons more Charlemagne law- http://www.keesn.nl/lex/index.html

A place for everything and everything in its place, Salic law- http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/salic.htm

The Visigothic code- http://libro.uca.edu/vcode/visigoths.htm

Barbarians into lawmen, the Germans try to get it right by making someone above the clan- http://www.ku.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/law.html

Roman law expands to meet the times- http://home.hetnet.nl/~otto.vervaart/medieval_law.htm

Roman law to modern western law- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook-law.html#GERMANIC LAW

A school project on law addressing the 3 ordeals, great campaign fodder- http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links/life/lawandorder.pdf


Have fun, game well. :)
 

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Wombat

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Oh man, this takes me back to grad school...

The wonders of diffidatio... ;) Don't ask...

Great material, as always :)
 



Piratecat

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You smell funny anyways. This is great.

Incidentally, I owe you an email, but my laptop (with email) is currently dead. Gack.
 

alsih2o

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Piratecat said:
You smell funny anyways. This is great.

Incidentally, I owe you an email, but my laptop (with email) is currently dead. Gack.


Saw this, sent a "don't worry about hurry" email, so you would, wait, not working!!

:D
 



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