The Older Gulathing Law -

The Older Gulathing Law

Erik Simensen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
254 Seiten
2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-68150-0 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
The Gulathing Law regulates relations between the social classes, the king and his officers, the clergy, and the peasantry. Parts of the law appear to be a social contract between two parties: on the one hand the people, on the other hand the church and the king.

This new edition, in modern English, contains many references to research that has been carried out since the appearance of previous editions in 1935 and 1981. In the Gulathing Law, differing interests are being balanced, and procedures described for solving conflicts. Personal rights are defined, and scales of fines and compensation are set up, graded according to the gravity of the insult, offence, and the social status of the persons involved. Large parts of the law text mirror the internal conditions in the farming community of Western Norway in the High Middle Ages; economic transactions, disputes, damage to life and property, and theft.

Accompanied by a translator’s introduction and a commentary essay which place the Gulathing Law in a theological and church history perspective, this volume will be useful for both students and specialists of medieval Norwegian legal history and medieval Scandinavian law.

Erik Simensen has been Associate professor of Scandinavian Studies (especially Norwegian) at the University of Oslo. He has worked on Old Norse dictionaries and has written articles on topics of Norwegian language history. He has translated charters from 1301- 1310 (2002) and translated four Old Icelandic texts, including Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (2014).

Part 1: Translator’s introduction






Norway in the thirteenth century





Population, livelihood, geography



Social structure



Economic structure



The Church



Political structure




The Gulaþing





The assembly



The Gulaþing Law





The nature and content of the law



Origins and composition



The manuscripts



Editions



Translations





Part 2: The Older Gulaþing Law according to DonVar 137 4to

I The Book on Christian Law (Chapters 1–33)

The Gulathing Law in a Theological and Church History Perspective. A commentary essay by Torstein Jørgensen

II The Book on Contracts (Chapters 34–50)

III The Marriage of Women (Chapters 51–56)

IV Freedman’s Law (Chapters 57–71)

V The Book on Tenancy (Chapters 72–102)

VI The Book on Inheritance (Chapters 103–130)

VII Summons to an Assembly (Chapters 131–147)

VIII Amendments (Chapter 148)

IX Rules for Whaling (Chapters 149–150)

X Concerning Personal Rights (Chapters 151–252)

XI The Book on Theft (Chapters 253–264)

XII The Redemption of Odal-land (Chapters 265–294)

XIII The Book on the Naval Levy (Chapters 295–315)

XIV A Later System of Wergild (Chapters 316–319)

XV Peace Pledge (Chapter 320)

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Medieval Translations
Zusatzinfo 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 521 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Recht / Steuern Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10 0-367-68150-1 / 0367681501
ISBN-13 978-0-367-68150-0 / 9780367681500
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