Laws of Early Iceland
Gragas I
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2007
- Category
- Medieval, Legal History, Scandinavia
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780887551581
- Publish Date
- Nov 2000
- List Price
- $74.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887556951
- Publish Date
- Jan 2007
- List Price
- $44.95
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Description
The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early European legal systems and the society of the Middles Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes.
About the authors
Andrew Dennis has taught English at the University of Iceland and both English and Law at the University of Canterbury, Chirstchurch, where he is at present Senior Lecturer in Law.
Peter Foote is Professor of Old Icelandic at University College London.
Editorial Reviews
“Scandinavian scholars will one and all hail the appearance of this work.”
Scandinavian-American Bulletin
“An amazing social document."
American Journal of Legal History