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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.

Table of Contents
  • 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

    Laws of Early Iceland Volume 2 Gragas II

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        Publisher: MP-MTB University of Manitoba Press
        Publication Date: 12/31/2017 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780887558320, 978-0887558320
        ISBN10: 0887558321
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        Description

        Book Synopsis
        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.

        Table of Contents
        • 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

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