The function of kinship in medieval nordic legislation
By: by Helle Vogt
Series: Medieval law and its practice -- 9
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Kinship as strategy; title: The legal sources; title: The Scandinavian societies at the time of the provincial laws; title: The emergence of the provincial laws and their dating; title: The fathers of the laws; title: The epace ideology; title: The legislator and the law; title: The application of provincial laws; title: The function of kinship in legal disputes; title: Collective sanction; title: Inheritance law in the provincial laws; title: Donations, pious donations, and the right of disposal of property; title: The right of allodium; title: Fledforing-elder care; title: Marriage.