| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 371 pages) : maps |
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Medieval law and its practice ; volume 16 |
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Medieval law and its practice ; v. 16.
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| Contents |
Conflict and social (dis)order in Norway, c. 1030-1160 / Hans Jacob Orning -- Kingship, women and politics in Morkinskinna / Auður Magnúsdóttir -- How to legitimate rebellion and condemn usurpation of the crown : discourses of fidelity and treason in the Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus / Lars Hermanson -- The power to judge : jurisdiction in property conflicts in thirteenth-century Denmark / Helle Vogt -- Disputing property in thirteenth- and fourteenth- century Zealand : the records of Soro donation book / Kim Esmark -- Gifts and society in fourteenth century Sweden / Catharina Andersson -- The field of property devolution in Norway during the late middle ages : inheritance settlements, marriage contracts and legal disputes / Lars Ivar Hansen -- The feelings in the feud : the emotional turn in the study of medieval vengeance / Stephen D. White -- The rules of conflict among the warrior aristocracy of the high middle ages / Gerd Althoff -- Legal history and the history of disputes / John Hudson |
| Summary |
The book discusses how conflicts were handled in medieval Scandinavia. Using practice as analytical concept, the authors explore law and litigation in conjunction with non-formal legal proceedings such as out-of-court mediation, rituals, emotional posturing, and feuding |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- Scandinavia -- History -- To 1500
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Law, Medieval.
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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Law
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Law, Medieval
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Scandinavia -- Social conditions
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Scandinavia -- History -- To 1397.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003008080
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| Subject |
Scandinavia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Esmark, Kim, editor
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Hermanson, Lars, 1967- editor.
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Orning, Hans Jacob, editor
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Vogt, Helle, editor
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| ISBN |
9789004221598 |
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900422159X |
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1299989012 |
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9781299989016 |
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