Laws of Early Iceland

Gragas I

Andrew Dennis (Translator), Peter Foote (Translator), Richard Perkins (Translator)

Overview

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 Middles Ages. This first translation of Gragas is in two volumes.

Reviews

“An amazing social document."

American Journal of Legal History

“Scandinavian scholars will one and all hail the appearance of this work.”

Scandinavian-American Bulletin

About the Authors

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.

Book Details

Laws of Early Iceland: Gragas I

Andrew Dennis (Translator), Peter Foote (Translator), Richard Perkins (Translator)

Published September 2014, 288 pages

PDF: ISBN 9780887553332, $25.00

Paper: ISBN 9780887556951
6 × 9 × 0.73 in, $44.95

EPUB: ISBN 9780887554513, $25.00

Part of the series University of Manitoba Icelandic Studies.

Topics: History, Law, Social History, Translation, Icelandic Studies

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