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The Västgöta laws

translated and edited by Thomas Lindkvist

(Routledge medieval translations, . Medieval Nordic laws / series editors, Stefan Brink and Ditlev Tamm)

Routledge, 2021

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-210) and index

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Description

The Vastgoeta 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 Vastgoeta 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 Vastergoetland. With an Introduction that places the province of Vastergoetland and its law into its political setting, this translation is invaluable for all students and scholars of medieval Swedish legal and political history.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Older Vastgoeta Law The Book about the Church About Manslaughter This is the Book about Wounding About Accidental Wounds This is about Fighting Non-Compensamble Crimes The Book about Inheritance The Book about Matrimony This is the Book about Lawlessness The Book about Land How a Mill Shall Be Built The Book about Theft Cases of Illegal Appropriation The Book about Illegal Appropriation About a Player's Rights The Younger Vastgoeta Law The Book about the Church [About accidental wounds] The Book about Peace Non-Compensable Crimes The Book about Manslaughter The Book about Inheritance The Book about Matrimony The Book about Lawlessness The Book about Theft The Book about Land The Book about Mills The Book about Illegal Appropriation The Book about Fences The Younger Vastgoeta Law. The Additamenta The Vastgoeta Law: Laurentius' Book The lists of lawmen, kings and bishops Ordinance of Bishop Brynolf 1281

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