| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 281 pages) : maps |
| 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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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kinship (Law) -- Scandinavia -- History -- To 1500
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Domestic relations (Canon law) -- History -- To 1500
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Canon law -- History -- To 1500
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Law, Medieval -- History
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Law, Medieval.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Canon law
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Domestic relations (Canon law)
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Kinship (Law)
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Law, Medieval
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Kanonisk rätt.
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Släktskapsförhållanden -- juridik och lagstiftning -- historia.
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Scandinavia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010032783 |
| ISBN |
9789004189294 |
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9004189297 |
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