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The function of kinship in medieval Nordic legislation /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vogt, Helle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Medieval law and its practice ; v. 9.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Kings of Denmark
  • Kings of Norway
  • Kings of Sweden
  • Introduction
  • Kinship as strategy
  • The legal sources
  • The Scandinavian societies at the time of the provincial laws
  • The emergence of the provincial laws and their dating
  • The fathers of the laws
  • The peace ideology
  • The legislator and the law
  • The application of provincial laws
  • The function of kinship in legal disputes
  • Collective sanction
  • Inheritance law in the provincial laws
  • Donations, pious donations, and the right of disposal of property
  • The right of Allodium
  • Fledføring : elder care
  • Marriage
  • Conclusion.