Laws of Early Iceland Volume 2
Gragas II
University of Manitoba Press
Published on 31. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
472 pages
978-0-88755-832-0 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Winnipeg
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
706 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88755-832-0 (9780887558320)
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Persons
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.
Peter Foote is Professor of Old Icelandic at University College London.
Content
- 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
- 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