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* !For Five Centuries Koine Lield Britai...
-of an eorFs widow was tlie same as that assigned to the king himselfand that for a woman of the second class , the same as that for
the twelve , eorl shillings . For a woman equal to belong that ing assi to gne the d for third a class man , the of the niund second was
classwhile for , the bondswoman the mund was six , the same price as that , of the ceorl . "If a widow were carried away from her to be double
severe dwelling her mund st penalties against ; and her forcible ecclesiastical consent marriages , the as well compensation were as civil prohibited . was _From the under laws the of
shi King of Ina her _5 we child learn , until that a it ceorl was ' s of widow , was the allowed kindred the taking guardian care - . of p the paternal possession , and allowing age her a fixed sum for
maintenance . " _* In olden timesif the husband proved a thief , the wife was
penalty equally , liable if she could to , punishment prove that . she Alfred neither relieved knew of of the the audin wife theft , from nor .
_ditions had laws tasted naturall , when of thieving led the to thin domestic was g * stolen rather differences . honourable In the . days The than Northm mar otherwise en and g , expe these the - y
Danes allowed the wife to have the custody of her husband ' s keys ; . could duced if he comp refused law el into him to g to ive do land them so . embod to When her ing , C there anute the was sp becam irit a of law e thi king b s y institution , which he intro she - ,
for room he a a enacted chest and that Eng a cup every board , married , to y keep woman under had lock a ri and ght key to , a and store to
deny , her class husband so that in access the event to them of the . master This privilege of the house extended , hlaford to
bring every divider ( bread- a ) owner , stolen was , ) , protected thing taking to . to his For thieving cot by and , the he his laws be wife detected , of the Canute hlafdi , it is , g if just ( a bread man that
been the owner broug should ht under have his wha wife fc ' s he , hey went -lockers namel after , let . her " her And be store clear unless ; for it it her has is
her chest duty and to her keep board the . key If of it them be found , in y any , of these -room , then , she is guilty , ; but no cup wife may forbid her husband that he put not into
ful his But cot of beside what her office he s retaining will as . " " bread the . key -divider s , the . " Saxon Her hlafdi very g was name ever imp mind lied
hosp _, itality . It was her _province to regulate the household , to noble dispense would the charit _highest do y honour , to m succour ark to of his distinction the guests houseless , his they wife ; and could presented when receive the the . me Saxon Thu ad s -
cup Beowulf as relates howwhen he entered " King Hrothgar _' s nieadhi hall h , " station the Queen greeted "Waltheowa , the warriors , " encircled in the with hall , " gold and , mindful presented of her the
g , * Lawrence .
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- , WOMEN IN ENGLAND . " 175
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/31/
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