II Aethelstan; or, the Grately Code

Glossary

• every borough is to be repaired a mandate for general infrastructure repair (public facilities, fences on private lands, and so on) as well as keeping tracks and waterways clear
• wergild the amount at which each person's life was valued (with the exception of slaves), in accordance with his or her rank in society, the main purpose of this valuation being to have a set monetary penalty that the family could legally demand if a person was killed and to establish the value of his or her sworn oath in courts of law