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The Vastgoeta Laws (Hardcover)
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The Vastgoeta Laws (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Medieval Translations
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The Vastgoeta Laws contains the translation of the oldest of the
Swedish provincial law codes and other texts of great relevance to
the legal history. The first version, the Older Vastgoeta Law, is
from the first half of the thirteenth century and the earliest
example of an indigenous vernacular literacy with the Latin script
from Sweden. A second and highly revised version of the law is
preserved in a manuscript from the middle of the fourteenth
century. This volume also contains a translation of the annotations
and proposals made during the complicated negotiations between
representatives of the church, the kingdom, and the community of
the province. Together, the two versions of the law and the
annotations offer a unique possibility to understand the making and
transformation of a medieval law. The importance of the regional
leaders, the lawmen, is evident from the earliest example of
history writing in Sweden, illustrating the legal and political
history of Vastergoetland. With an Introduction that places the
province of Vastergoetland and its law into its political setting,
this translation is invaluable for all students and scholars of
medieval Swedish legal and political history.
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