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The Older Gulathing Law (Hardcover)
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The Older Gulathing Law (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Medieval Translations
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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.
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