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" Guta Lag and Guta Saga : "
edited by Christine Peel.
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BL
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842777
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Guta Lag and Guta Saga : : the Law and History of the Gotlanders /\ edited by Christine Peel.
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| Publication Statement
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Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ;New York, NY :: Routledge,, 2015.
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| Series Statement
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Medieval Nordic laws
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1317565258
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: 9781317565253
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9781138804210
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; A general introduction to the Medieval Nordic Laws translations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Maps; General introduction: Gotland's medieval historical background; PART I Guta lag: The law of the Gotlanders; Introduction to Guta lag; Historical background and codicology; Nature and content; Origins; Date, place and circumstances of composition; Editions and translations of Guta lag; Criteria applied for the present translation; Guta lag: Translation; Table of contents from B 64; List of regulated laws (from AM 54 4to).
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Guta Lag, the law of the independent island of Gotland, is one of the earliest laws of Scandinavia. The historical appendix to the law, Guta Saga, was written in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Together, Guta Lag and its accompanying Saga provide an invaluable insight into the lives of the people living on Gotland, the largest of Sweden's Baltic islands, in 1000-1400. Guta Lag and Guta Saga: The Law and History of the Gotlanders is the first time that these two important texts have been translated into English and combined in one edition, accompanied by an extensive commentary and histor.
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Law-- Sweden-- Gotland, Early works to 1800.
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Law-- Sweden-- Gotland-- History-- To 1500, Sources.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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Law.
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Guta lag.
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Guta saga.
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Guta saga.
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Gotland (Sweden), History, Early works to 1800.
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Gotland (Sweden), History, Sources.
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Sweden, Gotland.
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| Dewey Classification
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349.486/9
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KKV129.P44 2015
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Peel, Christine
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