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The laws of Mediaeval 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.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Codex Regius of Gragas in Translation II
Table 1 An outline of the Inheritance Sequence
Inheritance Section
Dependents Section
Betrothals Section
Table 2 Kindred and Affinity
Land claims Section
On Hire of Property
Searches Section
On Commune Obligations
Miscellaneous Articles
On Tithe Payment Additions Guide to Technical Vocabulary
Annotated Glossary
A Selection of Terms Normally Used as Equivalents
Sources, Editions, Translations, Concordances
Abbreviated Titles
Key to Material Included or Cited from Sources Other Than Konungsbok
Terms and Topics Commented on in Notes to the Translations
Index of Names Corrigenda et Addenda to Laws I