EARLIEST NORWEGIAN LAWS: BEING THE GULATHING LAW AND THE FROSTATHING LAW TRANSLATED FROM THE OLD NORWEGIANLarson, Laurence MarcellusItem #: 66293 Pages: ix, 451 pp. Published: OE; Printed for H. Twyford, T. Dring, J. Pla; Reprinted in 2008. Subjects: LEGAL HISTORY "The oldest Norwegian laws, those of Gula and Frosta, goback to a time when the culture of the Middle Ages was stilla somewhat novel experience in Northern Europe. Though thecopies that have survived seem to date from the 12th Centuryand later, the codes must, in considerable part, have takenform in the 11th Century, or as early as the firstgeneration of the Christian age. Heathendom had by that timebeen outlawed, but one seems justified in believing that thecult of strength and valor was for some time yet a forcethat had to be taken into account; for the principles thatgoverned in the heathen age retained much of their vigor,and the old civilization, rooted, as it was, in the soilitself, was able in large measure to maintain both life andvalidity.": Forward, vii. Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange,Ltd. Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Please contact us to request purchasing information. |