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The function of kinship in medieval Nordic legislation / by Helle Vogt

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Vogt, Helle
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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
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1 online resource (vii, 281 pages) : maps
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Contents
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.
Summary
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.
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9789004189294 (electronic bk.)
9004189297 (electronic bk.)
9789004189225 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
900418922X (hbk. ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and indexes.
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