Laws of Early Iceland: Gragas II
Andrew Dennis
(Editor)
Peter Foote
(Translator)
Description
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.
Product Details
Price
$51.95
$48.31
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Publish Date
December 15, 2017
Pages
472
Dimensions
9.1 X 9.0 X 1.1 inches | 1.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780887558320
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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.
Reviews
"An amazing social document ... that is the blueprint for an unprecedented social experiment. ... An example of scholarship of the highest order."-- "American Journal of Legal History"
