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category: History
published: Aug 1980
ISBN:9780887551154
publisher: University of Manitoba Press

Laws of Early Iceland

Gragas I

translated by Andrew Dennis; Peter Foote & Richard Perkins

tagged: medieval
Description

The laws of Mediaeval 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.
Contributor Notes

Andrew Dennis has taught English at the University of Iceland and both English and Law at the University of Canterbury, Chirstchurch, where he is at present Senior Lecturer in Law.

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

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