Laws of Early Iceland - Gragas

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 Middle Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes. Zusammenfassung 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 Middle Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Dennis, Andrew (TRN)/ Foote Dennis
• Assisted by: Andrew Dennis (Translation), P. G. Foote (Translation), Peter Foote (Translation), Richard Perkins (Translation)
• Publisher: Michigan state university pres
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2007
• EAN: 9780887556951
• ISBN: 978-0-88755-695-1
• No. of pages: 279
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: University of Manitoba Iceland; University of Manitoba Icelandic Series; University of Manitoba Icelandic Series; University of Manitoba Iceland; U of M Icelandic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries