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

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    University of Manitoba Press

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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 and geography, Law materials
    Subject(s): Law
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg, Canada, University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 0887551157, 9780887551154, 0887551580, 9780887551581, 9780887556951, 0887556957, 0887551114, 9780887551116, 9780887558320, 0887558321, 9780887552564