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XEE4172647: Salic Law - Establishment of the Salique Law, redigested by Clovis 1 in 508, it essentially consists in settling the problems of procedures concerning property and persons and settling inheritance rights for land which can only be passed on to men. It was on this clause, which had nothing to do with the succession to the throne of the Franc Kingdom, that the lawyers used several years later to evict women from the royal succession. Many versions of this law exist, the most recent one was that of Charlemagne in the 9th century., Unknown artist, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images