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The function of kinship in medieval Nordic legislation /

Title
The function of kinship in medieval Nordic legislation / by Helle Vogt.
Author
Vogt, Helle.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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Description
vii, 281 p. : maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Medieval law and its practice, 1873-8176 ; v. 9
Uniform Title
Medieval law and its practice ; v. 9.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-276) and indexes.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 9789004189225 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 900418922X (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010032783
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library