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This book presents a comprehensive history of law and religion in
the Nordic context. The entwinement of law and religion in
Scandinavia encompasses an unusual history, not widely known yet
important for its impact on contemporary political and
international relations in the region. The volume provides a
holistic picture from the first written legal sources of the
twelfth century to the law of the present secular welfare states.
It recounts this history through biographical case studies. Taking
the point of view of major influential figures in church, politics,
university, and law, it thus presents the principal actors who
served as catalysts in ecclesiastical and secular law through the
centuries. This refreshing approach to legal history contributes to
a new trend in historiography, particularly articulated by a
younger generation of experienced Nordic scholars whose work is
featured prominently in this volume. The collection will be a
valuable resource for academics and researchers working in the
areas of Legal History and Law and Religion.
This book, first in a series of three, examines the social elites
in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and which social,
political, and cultural resources went into their creation. The
elite controlled enormous economic resources and exercised power
over people. Power over agrarian production was essential to the
elites during this period, although mobile capital was becoming
increasingly important. The book focuses on the material resources
of the elites, through questions such as: Which types of resources
were at play? How did the elites acquire and exchange resources?
This book presents a comprehensive history of law and religion in
the Nordic context. The entwinement of law and religion in
Scandinavia encompasses an unusual history, not widely known yet
important for its impact on contemporary political and
international relations in the region. The volume provides a
holistic picture from the first written legal sources of the
twelfth century to the law of the present secular welfare states.
It recounts this history through biographical case studies. Taking
the point of view of major influential figures in church, politics,
university, and law, it thus presents the principal actors who
served as catalysts in ecclesiastical and secular law through the
centuries. This refreshing approach to legal history contributes to
a new trend in historiography, particularly articulated by a
younger generation of experienced Nordic scholars whose work is
featured prominently in this volume. The collection will be a
valuable resource for academics and researchers working in the
areas of Legal History and Law and Religion.
This book, first in a series of three, examines the social elites
in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and which social,
political, and cultural resources went into their creation. The
elite controlled enormous economic resources and exercised power
over people. Power over agrarian production was essential to the
elites during this period, although mobile capital was becoming
increasingly important. The book focuses on the material resources
of the elites, through questions such as: Which types of resources
were at play? How did the elites acquire and exchange resources?
Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World
from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic
donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western world,
beginning in late Antiquity and extending through to the present
day. Through chapters contributed by leading international
researchers, this book explores the changing legal, social and
religious frameworks that shape how donations and gifts are given.
In addition to donations to ecclesiastical, charitable and cultural
institutions, this books also highlights the sociolegal challenges
and the tensions that can occur as a result of transferring
property, including answering key questions such as who has a right
to what. It also presents, for the first time, an insight into the
dynamics of donations and the interplay between individual
motivations, strategic behaviour and the legal setting of
inheritance law. Offering a broad chronological and European
perspective and including a wide range of illuminating case studies
Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World
from Late Antiquity until Today is ideal for students of Nordic and
European legal and social history.
The Danish medieval laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland
contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish
laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law
of Scania, the two laws of Zealand - Valdemar's and Erik's - and
the Law of Jutland, all of which date from the early thirteenth
century. The Church Law of Scania and three short royal ordinances
are also included. These provincial laws were first written down in
the first half of the thirteenth century and were in force until
1683, when they were replaced by a national law. The laws,
preserved in over 100 separate manuscripts, are the first extended
texts in Danish and represent a first attempt to create a Danish
legal language. The book starts with a brief but thorough
introduction to the history of Denmark in the thirteenth century,
covering the country, the political setting and the legal context
in which the laws were written. There follows the translated text
from each province, preceded by a general introduction to each area
and an introduction to the translation offering key contextual
information and background on the process of translating the laws.
An Old Danish-English glossary is also included, along with an
annotated glossary to support the reading of the translations. This
book will be essential reading for students and scholars of
medieval Scandinavian legal history.
Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World
from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic
donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western world,
beginning in late Antiquity and extending through to the present
day. Through chapters contributed by leading international
researchers, this book explores the changing legal, social and
religious frameworks that shape how donations and gifts are given.
In addition to donations to ecclesiastical, charitable and cultural
institutions, this books also highlights the sociolegal challenges
and the tensions that can occur as a result of transferring
property, including answering key questions such as who has a right
to what. It also presents, for the first time, an insight into the
dynamics of donations and the interplay between individual
motivations, strategic behaviour and the legal setting of
inheritance law. Offering a broad chronological and European
perspective and including a wide range of illuminating case studies
Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World
from Late Antiquity until Today is ideal for students of Nordic and
European legal and social history.
The Danish medieval laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland
contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish
laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law
of Scania, the two laws of Zealand - Valdemar's and Erik's - and
the Law of Jutland, all of which date from the early thirteenth
century. The Church Law of Scania and three short royal ordinances
are also included. These provincial laws were first written down in
the first half of the thirteenth century and were in force until
1683, when they were replaced by a national law. The laws,
preserved in over 100 separate manuscripts, are the first extended
texts in Danish and represent a first attempt to create a Danish
legal language. The book starts with a brief but thorough
introduction to the history of Denmark in the thirteenth century,
covering the country, the political setting and the legal context
in which the laws were written. There follows the translated text
from each province, preceded by a general introduction to each area
and an introduction to the translation offering key contextual
information and background on the process of translating the laws.
An Old Danish-English glossary is also included, along with an
annotated glossary to support the reading of the translations. This
book will be essential reading for students and scholars of
medieval Scandinavian legal history.
This open access book looks at how, in the 17th and 18th centuries,
a new loanword 'private' came into the Nordic languages. It had
very little to do with the way we define the word today. Still, the
introduction of it contributed to an emerging discourse that
clearly distinguished between the public - usually identified with
the state - and its opposite. Private/Public in 18th-Century
Scandinavia includes ten case studies analysed by leading Swedish
and Danish researchers in the fields of history, law, archaeology,
and theology. It considers whether the modern sense of the word
'private' can be found in material from the period. The questions
are approached through a multitude of different sources, including
parliamentary-records, letters, newspapers, architectural drawings,
archaeological findings, records of probate courts, legislation,
and court cases. The volume starts from the assumption that the
private and the public neither were, nor are, fully separated, but
instead continuously work in relation to each other. To study the
private, it argues, we are compelled to pay special attention to
the public and how private and public interacted. Privacy and
protection of privacy remains of great topical interest and this
book contributes to the present-day debate by examining neglected
aspects of the history of the private before these concepts gained
their modern meaning. In addition to investigating the history of
these concepts in Scandinavia, the text offers a general
theoretical reflection about what private was and is. The open
access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
license on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by
The Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen.
This open access book looks at how, in the 17th and 18th centuries,
a new loanword ‘private’ came into the Nordic languages. It had
very little to do with the way we define the word today. Still, the
introduction of it contributed to an emerging discourse that
clearly distinguished between the public – usually identified
with the state – and its opposite. Private/Public in 18th-Century
Scandinavia includes ten case studies analysed by leading Swedish
and Danish researchers in the fields of history, law, archaeology,
and theology. It considers whether the modern sense of the word
‘private’ can be found in material from the period. The
questions are approached through a multitude of different sources,
including parliamentary-records, letters, newspapers, architectural
drawings, archaeological findings, records of probate courts,
legislation, and court cases. The volume starts from the assumption
that the private and the public neither were, nor are, fully
separated, but instead continuously work in relation to each other.
To study the private, it argues, we are compelled to pay special
attention to the public and how private and public interacted.
Privacy and protection of privacy remains of great topical interest
and this book contributes to the present-day debate by examining
neglected aspects of the history of the private before these
concepts gained their modern meaning. In addition to investigating
the history of these concepts in Scandinavia, the text offers a
general theoretical reflection about what private was and is. The
open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND
4.0 license on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was
funded by The Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen.
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