Long before powerful feudal and monarchical systems fully matured by the thirteenth century, the medieval world in which the Magna Carta must be understood was taking root as Germanic tribes moved west into Britannia and Roman Gaul. These Germanic tribes already had a well-developed system of customs and rules of their own that they brought with them. This Germanic Folk Law, including tribal assemblies, Salic Law and Laws of Ethelbert, are covered in this episode.
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