Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Settlers.
A system of "blood money" paid as compensation to a victim's family, set at an equal rate for Danes and Anglo-Saxons in the Danelaw.
Wergild appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Viking Expansion (c.750–c.1050), especially Settlers and Settlement in British Isles and France.
Viking Expansion (c.750–c.1050)
Settlers • Settlement in British Isles and France
Viking Expansion (c.750–c.1050)
Homelands • Scandinavia
The Norman Conquest (1065–1087)
England on the eve of the conquest • Culture
The Norman Conquest (1065–1087)
England on the eve of the conquest • Society
Crime and Punishment (c.1250–Present)
Medieval Britain c.1250–c.1500 • Punishing offenders
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