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edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover
category: History
published: Jan 2007
ISBN:9780887556951
publisher: University of Manitoba Press

Laws of Early Iceland

Gragas I

translated by Andrew Dennis; Peter Foote & Richard Perkins

tagged: medieval, legal history, scandinavia
Description

The 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 is in two volumes.

About the Authors
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.

Peter Foote is Professor of Old Icelandic at University College London.
Editorial Reviews

“Scandinavian scholars will one and all hail the appearance of this work.”

— Scandinavian-American Bulletin

“An amazing social document."

— American Journal of Legal History
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