
Laws of Early Iceland
Gragas I
University of Manitoba Press
Published on 15. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-88755-695-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 Middle 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
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88755-695-1 (9780887556951)
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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.