Laws of early Iceland : Grágás, the Codex Regius of Grágás, with material from other manuscripts

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  • Contributor:

    Dennis, Andy

    ,

    Foote, Peter

    ,

    Perkins, Richard

    Summary:

    The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Grágás (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 Grágás is in two volumes. Volume 1 deals with the Christian duties of laymen, clergy, and the regulation of Christian observance, lawsuits, courts, relations betweenchieftainss and their followers, murder and personal injury. Volume 2 includes family law, property law, and contracts, rights and duties of community members, and the collection of tithes.

    Contents:
    • V. 1. Grágás I ; Introduction
    • The Codex Regius of Grágás in translation I
    • Christian laws section
    • Assembly procedures section
    • Treatment of homicide
    • The wergild ring list
    • The lawspeaker's section
    • The law council section
    • Additions. V. 2. Grágás II ; The Codex Regius of Grágás 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.
    Genre: History, Law materials
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg, Canada , University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    0887551157

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    9780887551154

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    0887551580

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    9780887551581

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    9780887556951

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    0887556957

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    0887551114

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    9780887551116

    ,

    9780887558320

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    0887558321

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    9780887552564

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DC Contributor

Dennis, Andy

Foote, Peter

Perkins, Richard

Abstract

The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Grágás (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 Grágás is in two volumes. Volume 1 deals with the Christian duties of laymen, clergy, and the regulation of Christian observance, lawsuits, courts, relations betweenchieftainss and their followers, murder and personal injury. Volume 2 includes family law, property law, and contracts, rights and duties of community members, and the collection of tithes.

Genre
History
Law materials
Publisher (Source)

Winnipeg, Canada

University of Manitoba Press

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