The older Gulathing law / translated and edited by Erik Simensen with commentary essay by Torstein Jørgensen.
"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. Accompanied by a translator�...
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| Other title: | Gulaþingslög hin eldri. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Old Norse |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Medieval Nordic laws.
Routledge medieval translations. |
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| Summary: | "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. Accompanied by a translator's introduction and a commentary essay which place the Gulathinglaw 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781000372861 1000372863 9781003134459 1003134459 9781000372977 1000372979 |
| Language: | Text in English, partially translated from the Old Norse. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2021) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Erik Simensen has been Associate professor of Scandinavian Studies (especially Norwegian) at the University of Oslo. He has worked on Old Norse dictionaries and has written articles on topics of Norwegian language history. He has translated charters from 1301- 1310 (2002) and translated four Old Icelandic texts, including Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (2014) |