The Västgöta Laws

Author : Thomas Lindkvist
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000413038

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The Västgöta Laws by Thomas Lindkvist Pdf

The Västgöta Laws contains the translation of the oldest of the Swedish provincial law codes and other texts of great relevance to the legal history. The first version, the Older Västgöta Law, is from the first half of the thirteenth century and the earliest example of an indigenous vernacular literacy with the Latin script from Sweden. A second and highly revised version of the law is preserved in a manuscript from the middle of the fourteenth century. This volume also contains a translation of the annotations and proposals made during the complicated negotiations between representatives of the church, the kingdom, and the community of the province. Together, the two versions of the law and the annotations offer a unique possibility to understand the making and transformation of a medieval law. The importance of the regional leaders, the lawmen, is evident from the earliest example of history writing in Sweden, illustrating the legal and political history of Västergötland. With an Introduction that places the province of Västergötland and its law into its political setting, this translation is invaluable for all students and scholars of medieval Swedish legal and political history.

Author : Christine Ekholst
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004271623

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A Punishment for Each Criminal by Christine Ekholst Pdf

A Punishment for Each Criminal is the first in-depth analysis of how gender influenced Swedish medieval law. Christine Ekholst demonstrates how the law codes gradually and unevenly introduced women as possible perpetrators for all serious crimes. The laws reveal that legislators not only expected men and women to commit different types of crimes; they also punished men and women in different ways if they were convicted. The laws consistently stipulated different methods of executions for men and women; while men were hanged or broken on the wheel, women were buried alive, stoned, or burned at the stake. A Punishment for Each Criminal explores the background to the important legislative changes that took place when women were made personally responsible for their own crimes.

Author : Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527580572

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Quantitative Approaches to Medieval Swedish Law by Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Pdf

This book presents a novel framework for studying historical legalisation using quantitative methods, with 10 fully-preserved laws from medieval Sweden, written between c. 1225 and 1350, serving as a case study. By applying a systematic classification scheme to each legal provision, it is possible to investigate the major differences and similarities in structure and content between the 10 laws. This, in turn, allows for the re-assessment of many long-standing problems in Swedish and European medieval legal history that have been challenging to address with traditional methods based on text analyses. Over the course of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, major changes in the proportion of legal provisions devoted to different fields of law, and to prescribed consequences, are found. The book shows how the proportions of civil law and public law expanded at the expense of criminal law. Furthermore, a clear transition from casuistic to more abstract law provisions can also be witnessed.

Author : Helle Vogt
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004189294

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The Function of Kinship in Medieval Nordic Legislation by Helle Vogt Pdf

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.

Author : James A.R. Nafziger
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781781955185

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Comparative Law and Anthropology by James A.R. Nafziger Pdf

The topical chapters in this cutting-edge collection at the intersection of comparative law and anthropology explore the mutually enriching insights and outlooks of the two fields. Comparative Law and Anthropology adopts a foundational approach to social and cultural issues and their resolution, rather than relying on unified paradigms of research or unified objects of study. Taken together, the contributions extend long-developing trends from legal anthropology to an anthropology of law and from externally imposed to internally generated interpretations of norms and processes of legal significance within particular cultures. The book's expansive conceptualization of comparative law encompasses not only its traditional geographical orientation, but also historical and jurisprudential dimensions. It is also noteworthy in blending the expertise of long-established, acclaimed scholars with new voices from a range of disciplines and backgrounds.

Author : Kjell Å Modéer,Helle Vogt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000201536

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Law and The Christian Tradition in Scandinavia by Kjell Å Modéer,Helle Vogt Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive history of law and religion in the Nordic context. The entwinement of law and religion in Scandinavia encompasses an unusual history, not widely known yet important for its impact on contemporary political and international relations in the region. The volume provides a holistic picture from the first written legal sources of the twelfth century to the law of the present secular welfare states. It recounts this history through biographical case studies. Taking the point of view of major influential figures in church, politics, university, and law, it thus presents the principal actors who served as catalysts in ecclesiastical and secular law through the centuries. This refreshing approach to legal history contributes to a new trend in historiography, particularly articulated by a younger generation of experienced Nordic scholars whose work is featured prominently in this volume. The collection will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers working in the areas of Legal History and Law and Religion.

Author : Henrik Birnbaum
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110885910

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On Medieval and Renaissance Slavic Writing by Henrik Birnbaum Pdf

Author : Lisa Collinson,Torgeir Landro,Bertil Nilsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000287387

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The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law by Lisa Collinson,Torgeir Landro,Bertil Nilsson Pdf

The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law is dedicated to two closely linked medieval laws which were intended to cover adjacent legal provinces in eastern Norway, around and beyond the modern capital, Oslo. The core of this book consists of new translations of the two laws, based on the recent editions and translations into modern Norwegian by Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen and Magnus Rindal. Individual rules cover subjects such as Church rites, prohibitions, property, and payments, and shed light on medieval ideas relating to matters as diverse as disability, sexual relations, witchcraft, and forbidden foods. The volume contains a general introduction by Torgeir Landro and Bertil Nilsson, in addition to a translator’s introduction by Lisa Collinson, summarizing in English some of the information on manuscripts and relevant linguistic studies outlined by Halvorsen and Rindal. The translated texts in English are also supplemented by footnotes, supplying key readings from the original, in some cases with significant variants from relevant manuscripts. With a commentary on the individual chapters after each translation, drawing on recent scholarship on medieval law, Church history, and other relevant historical fields, this book is an ideal resource for students and scholars of medieval Norwegian legal history.

Author : Jesse Keskiaho,Marko Lamberg
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527561809

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Methods and the Medievalist by Jesse Keskiaho,Marko Lamberg Pdf

The field of medieval studies has shifted towards a growing degree of inter- and multidisciplinarity during the recent decades. The concept of medieval studies covers in fact a multitude of disciplines, some of them being loyal to their long-established traditions, whereas others are very new and borrow methods from other branches of the humanities or even from modern natural or social sciences. Since this means not only new possibilities but also new challenges, sources and methodology should obviously concern anyone engaged in the history and culture of the Middle Ages. Regardless of what aspects of the medieval world a scholar is dealing with, his or her study has much to gain from a source-pluralistic approach: in order to be able to understand and even combine different types of sources, a scholar must be aware of what methods are relevant and available and how they can be adapted and applied. This collection of essays presents a comprehensive overview of current and fresh approaches to the history of medieval Europe. The topics include, among other things, the complex relationship between the spoken and the written word, explorations in social and geographic space, layers and mental images perceivable in medieval texts, source edition techniques, relics as visual and tangible items, not to mention the possibilities offered by prosopography, zooarchaelogy and the natural sciences. Also the question and significance of ethics, an ever more important issue in present-day academic circles, is discussed. The contributors to this volume themselves form a very inter- and multidisciplinary team: although they can all be labeled as medievalists, they in fact they work within different disciplines and in several different research units in different countries. Geographically, several parts of Europe are covered in the essays – not only the westernmost part of the continent but also the poorly known eastern and northern parts as well. This diversity makes the collection worthwhile reading for students and scholars alike.

Author : Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135662363

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Linguistic Genocide in Education--or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas Pdf

In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find information about the world and their local contexts, to reflect and to act. A Web site with additional resource materials to this book can be found at http://www.ruc.dk/~tovesk/

Author : Jeannine Bischoff,Stephan Conermann,Marion Gymnich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111211398

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Naming, Defining, Phrasing Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies by Jeannine Bischoff,Stephan Conermann,Marion Gymnich Pdf

An examination of the terms used in specific historical contexts to refer to those people in a society who can be categorized as being in a position of ‘strong asymmetrical dependency’ (including slavery) provides insights into the social categories and distinctions that informed asymmetrical social interactions. In a similar vein, an analysis of historical narratives that either justify or challenge dependency is conducive to revealing how dependency may be embedded in (historical) discourses and ways of thinking. The eleven contributions in the volume approach these issues from various disciplinary vantage points, including theology, global history, Ottoman history, literary studies, and legal history. The authors address a wide range of different textual sources and historical contexts – from medieval Scandinavia and the Fatimid Empire to the history of abolition in Martinique and human rights violations in contemporary society. While the authors contribute innovative insights to ongoing discussions within their disciplines, the articles were also written with a view to the endeavor of furthering Dependency Studies as a transdisciplinary approach to the study of human societies past and present.

Author : Nora Berend
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139468367

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Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy by Nora Berend Pdf

This 2007 text is a comparative, analysis of one of the most fundamental stages in the formation of Europe. Leading scholars explore the role of the spread of Christianity and the formation of new principalities in the birth of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and Rus' around the year 1000. Drawing on history, archaeology and art history, and emphasizing problems related to the sources and historiographical debates, they demonstrate the complex interdependence between the processes of religious and political change, covering conditions prior to the introduction of Christianity, the adoption of Christianity, and the development of the rulers' power. Regional patterns emerge, highlighting both the similarities in ruler-sponsored cases of Christianization, and differences in the consolidation of power and in institutions introduced by Christianity. The essays reveal how local societies adopted Christianity; medieval ideas of what constituted the dividing line between Christians and non-Christians; and the connections between Christianity and power.

Author : Folke Fredrik Schmidt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063332790

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Scandinavian Studies in Law by Folke Fredrik Schmidt Pdf

Author : Helle Vogt,Ditlev Tamm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Customary law
ISBN : 1138951358

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The Danish Medieval Laws by Helle Vogt,Ditlev Tamm Pdf

The Danish Medieval Laws contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law of Scania, the two laws of Zealand and the Law of Jutland, all of which date from the early thirteenth century. The laws, preserved in over 100 separate manuscripts, are the first extended texts in Danish and represent a first attempt to create a Danish legal language. An introduction to Denmark in the thirteenth century, an Old Danish-English glossary and an annotated glossary are also included to support the reading of the translations. This book will be essential reading for scholars of medieval Scandinavian legal history.

Author : Johan Thorsten Sellin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Divorce
ISBN : MINN:319510015317520

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Marriage and Divorce Legislation in Sweden by Johan Thorsten Sellin Pdf