It mostly consists of penalties attached to a variety of crimes, though one of its provisions in civil law later proved influential.
Its early sections deal with the theft of pigs, goats, and bees, before it considers such vexed topics as a "man who touches the hand or arm or finger of a free woman" and "skinning a dead horse without the consent of its owner." It was decided upon by four men from such regions as Salchem and Widoheim, among whom were Salcgast and Wisogast. It mostly consists of penalties attached to a variety of crimes, though one of its provisions in civil law later proved influential. It was written in the first decade of the 6th century AD, under the reign of Clovis, and more than 800 years later it helped bring about the Hundred Years' War. FTP, name this legal code of the Franks, which contains a notorious chapter forbidding daughters from inheriting land.
Its early sections deal with the theft of pigs, goats, and bees, before it considers such vexed topics as a "man who touches the hand or arm or finger of a free woman" and "skinning a dead horse without the consent of its owner.
{Salic} Law or Lex {Salica}