Laws of Early Iceland: Gragas I

by Andrew Dennis (Translator), Peter Foote (Translator), Richard Perkins (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887556951
Publisher:	University of Manitoba Press
Publication date:	01/15/2007
Series:	ISSN , #3
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Andrew Dennis has taught English at the University of Iceland and both English and Law at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch.

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

An amazing social document…”– American Journal of Legal History

“Scandinavian scholars will one and all hail the appearance of this work.”– Scandinavian-American Bulletin

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