Antrustio

Antrustio (plural Antrustiones ) is a Franco-Latin term for a Frankish legal institution of Merovingian period , a group of outdoor designated that only the king for his personal allegiance (fränk.-lat. Trustis = "loyalty" from altfränkisch consolation = "Helping Schar ”). The Antrustiones were called from free people of higher social rank and received into his service through a special "Antrustionenid" which they made to the king; this oath had the essence of an armed oath , among other things for the personal protection of the king. Furthermore, like other groups of people of the Franconian court, the trustis dominica , they were protected in the Lex Salica by a three-fold Wergeld (600 solidi ).

literature

• Patrick J. Geary : The Merovingians. Europe before Charlemagne. CH Beck, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-406-40480-4 .
• Hans Kuhn , Reinhard Wenskus :  Antrustio. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 360–361.
• Gabriele von Ohlberg: The term for social classes, classes and groups in the Leges Barbarorum. (= Work on early medieval research, volume 11). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1991, ISBN 978-3-11-085006-2 . ( Google book search )
• Marco Scovazzi: "Antrustio" e "leudis" nei testi giuridici dei Franchi Salii. In: Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese 7, 1955. Again in: Fausto Cercignani (ed.): Marco Scovazzi. Scritti di filologia germanica. Edizioni dell'Orso, Alessandria 1992, ISBN 88-7694-106-1 , pp. 17-21.