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

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

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

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Edition Details

  • Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Grágás, Peter Foote, Perkins, Richard, Andy Dennis, Richard Perkins
  • Language: English
  • Jurisdiction(s): Manitoba
  • Publication Information: Winnipeg [Man.] : University of Manitoba Press, 2006, ©1980
  • Publication Type (Medium): Electronic books, History, Sources
  • Material: Document, Internet resource
  • Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
  • Other titles: Gra?ga?s.
    Gra?ga?s I.
  • Series title: University of Manitoba Icelandic studies., Series 3.
  • Permalink: http://books.lawlegal.eu/laws-of-early-iceland-gragas-the-codex-regius-of-gragas-with-material-from-other-manuscripts/ (Stable identifier)

Additional Format

Print version: Jones, Harlo L. Laws of Early Iceland: Gragas I. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, ©2000

Short Description

1 online resource (VI, 279 pages : ILlustrations, maps).

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Laws of early Iceland : Grágás, the Codex Regius of Grágás, with material from other manuscripts is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

  • Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
  • Responsable Person: translated by Andrew Dennis, Peter Foote, Richard Perkins.
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Country/State: Manitoba
  • Number of Editions: 42 editions
  • First edition Date: 1979
  • Last edition Date: 1980
  • General Notes: Vol. 1 reprint of 1980 ed.
  • Languages: English
  • Language Notes: Includes some text in Icelandic.
  • Library of Congress Code: KKG12
  • Dewey Code: 348.4912023
  • ISBN: 9780887553332 0887553338
  • OCLC: 759157001

Main Contents

The Codex Regius of Gra?ga?s in translation I
Christian laws section
Assembly procedures section
Treatment of homicide
The Wergild Ring list
The lawspeakers section
The law council section
Additions
Guide to technical vocabulary.

Summary Note

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.

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