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The Older Gulathing Law

The Older Gulathing Law

Simensen, Erik

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Medieval Translations

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral LawScandinavian History

ISBN10: 0367681501
ISBN13: 9780367681500
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 254
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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.

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