Monday, a day of the week named after the moon in Germanic societies.
The payment of weregild was an important legal mechanism in early Germanic society.
Sunday, a day of the week named after the sun in Germanic societies.
This tradition stressed how true Germanic society was still to be found in the organization of ancient local communities.
In Gaul, a fusion of Roman and Germanic societies was occurring.
In primitive Germanic societies there seems to have been no such thing as freehold.
Despite these laws, some women, particularly abbesses, gained powers that were never available to women in previous Roman or Germanic societies.
A main element uniting Germanic societies is kingship, in origin a sacral institution combining the functions of military leader, high priest, lawmaker and judge.
A 'Thing' was a governing assembly in Germanic societies.
Beech wood tablets were a common writing material in Germanic societies before the development of paper.