Figures
1.1 Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Pal. germ. 164, fol. 11v (courtesy of Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg) 2
1.2 Wolfenbüttel, Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 3.1 Auf. 2°, fol. 49r (courtesy of Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel) 32
3.1 Section of an otherwise unknown law of Anastasius establishing fines for failing to deal with legal cases expeditiously (Littmann, Magie and Stuart, Syria, 24–42) 66
3.2 Solidus issued in the name of the Caesar Crispus, ca. 320 CE (
3.3 Coins from the Hódmezövásárhely-Szikáncs hoard, Hungarian National Museum in Budapest (photo by Mathisen) 78
3.4 Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1615, fol.9r. (courtesy of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) 89
7.1 Model of embodied honour for medieval Frisia (created by Nijdam) 176
Tables
3.1 Examples of confiscations from Ammianus Marcellinus (created by Mathisen) 76
3.2 Fines from Coptic papyrological sources (courtesy of Leslie S. B. MacCoull, personal communication) 82
5.1 Wergild and Worth in Kent and Wessex (created by Oliver) 118
5.2 Mund, manbot and the worth of slaves in Æthelberht’s laws (created by Oliver) 122
5.3 Wergild, mund and manbot in later Kent (created by Oliver) 122
5.4 Comparison of violations of mund in Kent and Wessex (created by Oliver) 123
5.5 mund and manbot in Wessex (created by Oliver) 124
7.1 Overview of the content of the Old Frisian compensation tariffs (created by Nijdam) 169