Laws of Early Iceland: Gragas IIThe laws of Medieval 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, Laws of Early Iceland, is in two volumes. |
Contents
Additions | 237 |
Guide to Technical Vocabulary | 365 |
Sources Editions Translations Concordances | 425 |
Abbreviated Titles | 429 |
Key to Material Included or Cited from Sources Other Than Konungsbók | 431 |
| 447 | |
Index of Names | 449 |
Corrigenda et Addenda to Laws I | 451 |
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Laws of Early Iceland: Grágás, the Codex Regius of Grágás, with ..., Volume 2 Andrew Dennis No preview available - 1980 |
Common terms and phrases
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