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Laws of Early Iceland Gragas I

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  • Publisher:
    University of Manitoba Press, 2014
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Dennis, Andrew; Foote, Peter; Perkins, Richard
    Date:
    Created
    2014
    Summary:

    The laws of Medieval 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.

    Genre:
    History and geography
    Subject(s): Iceland | Law | Grágás
    Original Publisher: Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press
    Language(s): English