Salic law facts for kids
Record of a judgement by Childebert III
The Salic law was a set of laws established by King Clovis I for the Salian Franks during the sixth century. It stayed important in parts of western Europe for a long time because Charlemagne based his laws on the Salic law. One part of Salic law that stayed very important was inheritance for kings. The Salic law said that land goes to sons and not daughters.
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Frankish settlement in Toxandria, where they had recently settled or been settled in 358, when Julian the Apostate made them dediticii.
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In Spanish: Ley sálica para niños
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