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Trothplight

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Trothplight is a system for recording contracts in a pre-literate society. A physical token was manipulated or exchanged before witnesses. Surviving instances in Western society are the engagement ring and the practice of swearing upon a Bible. In literate societies written contracts have replaced trothplight.^[1]

References

1. ^{{cite book | last =Green | first =Richard Firth | chapter =Trothplight | title =A Crisis of Truth: Literature and Law in Ricardian England | publisher =University of Pennsylvania Press | series =The Middle Ages Series | volume = | edition = | date =2002 | location = | pages =512 | language = | url =https://books.google.ca/books?id=3FoYjBICoU8C&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22oral+trothplight%22&source=bl&ots=vL0swx67jr&sig=87N5RyoRveT9WLkw2570lW2cRV8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4k56n8e7aAhVKNd8KHcoBBaQQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=%22oral%20trothplight%22&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn =0812218094 | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}

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