| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 281 pages) : maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Medieval law and its practice,
1873-8176 ;
v. 9
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Medieval law and its practice ; v. 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Kings of Denmark -- Kings of Norway -- Kings of Sweden -- Introduction -- Kinship as strategy -- The legal sources -- The Scandinavian societies at the time of the provincial laws -- The emergence of the provincial laws and their dating -- The fathers of the laws -- The peace ideology -- The legislator and the law -- The application of provincial laws -- The function of kinship in legal disputes -- Collective sanction -- Inheritance law in the provincial laws -- Donations, pious donations, and the right of disposal of property -- The right of Allodium -- Fledføring : elder care -- Marriage -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
In the Nordic medieval laws a new definition of kinship - a canonical one - was introduced, based on the Church's incest prohibitions and the requirement to love your kin. It influences the rules for property transfer, inheritance, wergeld and marriage. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kinship (Law) -- Scandinavia -- History -- To 1500.
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Kinship (Law) |
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Scandinavia. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Domestic relations (Canon law) -- History -- To 1500.
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Domestic relations (Canon law) |
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Canon law -- History -- To 1500.
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Canon law. |
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Law, Medieval -- History.
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Law, Medieval. |
| Chronological Term |
Medeltiden |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789004189225 (DLC) 2010032783 (OCoLC)655302686 |
| ISBN |
9789004189294 (electronic book) |
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9004189297 (electronic book) |
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9789004189225 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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900418922X (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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