Slave soldiers

[Andreas Johansson]

Found it in the online MGH -

"slave" is simply "servus" - obviously the origin of the words "serf" and "servant", but also the standard Latin for "slave". You'd have to do your own searching through the English and/or Latin version of the code to see if there is anything about buying and selling servi.

"or any serf attached to the service of the crown" - "sive etiam quislibet ex servis fiscalibus"

Thanks. 
So (forms of) servus for both 'slave' and 'serf' - apparently one sort of servi can possess another.

There are references to the sale of servi - Book 6, 4th title, 17th law specifies that no-one may be compelled to sell his slaves, frex - but I'm afraid I'm not quite enough into legal history to try and figure out whether all slaves were alienable property (and let's not even consider the possibility that law and actual practice may have differed).

[Stephen Wendell]

Great stuff, great stuff! A great deal of stuff!
(I'm glad I didn't ask about something less esoteric, like shapes of shields or medieval honorifics...)

Thanks to all and to all a good night!