The function of kinship in medieval Nordic legislation / by Helle Vogt.
A strict definition of kinship – a canonical one – was in introduced in to the Nordic medieval legislation. This replaced a looser definition. According to a canonical definition of kinship – constructed after the Church’s incest prohibitions, you were obligated towards all your blood-relatives. Thi...
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medieval law and its practice,
v. 9 Medieval Law and Its Practice 9. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Chapter One Kinship as Strategy
- Chapter Two The Legal Sources
- Chapter Three The Scandinavian Societies at the Time of the Provincial Laws
- Chapter Four The Emergence of the Provincial Laws and their Dating
- Chapter Five The Fathers of the Laws
- Chapter Six The Peace Ideology
- Chapter Seven The Legislator and the Law
- Chapter Eight The Application of the Provincial Laws
- Chapter Nine The Function of Kinship in Legal Disputes
- Chapter Ten Collective Sanction
- Chapter Eleven Inheritance Law in the Provincial Laws
- Chapter Twelve Donations, Pious Donations, and the Right of Disposal of Property
- Chapter Thirteen The Right of Allodium
- Chapter Fourteen Fledføring—Elder Care
- Chapter Fifteen Marriage
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Places
- General Index.