Laws of Early Iceland Volume 2: Gragas II
Author:   Andrew Dennis ,  Peter Foote
Publisher:   University of Manitoba Press
Volume:   4
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9780887558320


Pages:   472
Publication Date:   31 December 2017
Format:   Paperback
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The laws of Mediaeval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early European legal systems and the society of the Middles Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes.

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Author:   Andrew Dennis ,  Peter Foote
Publisher:   University of Manitoba Press
Imprint:   University of Manitoba Press
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9780887558320


ISBN 10:   0887558321
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   31 December 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction The Codex Regius of Gragas in Translation II Table 1 An outline of the Inheritance Sequence Inheritance Section Dependents Section Betrothals Section Table 2 Kindred and Affinity Land claims Section On Hire of Property Searches Section On Commune Obligations Miscellaneous Articles On Tithe Payment Additions Guide to Technical Vocabulary Annotated Glossary A Selection of Terms Normally Used as Equivalents Sources, Editions, Translations, Concordances Abbreviated Titles Key to Material Included or Cited from Sources Other Than Konungsbok Terms and Topics Commented on in Notes to the Translations Index of Names Corrigenda et Addenda to Laws I

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An amazing social document ... that is the blueprint for an unprecedented social experiment. ... An example of scholarship of the highest order. -- American Journal of Legal History


An amazing social document ... that is the blueprint for an unprecedented social experiment. ... An example of scholarship of the highest order. --American Journal of Legal History


Author Information

Andrew Dennis has taught English at the University of Iceland and both English and Law at the University of Canterbury, Chirstchurch, where he is at present Senior Lecturer in Law. Peter Foote is Professor of Old Icelandic at University College London.

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