1st Edition

The Västgöta Laws

Edited By Thomas Lindkvist Copyright 2021
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

The Västgöta Laws contains the translation of the oldest of the Swedish provincial law codes and other texts of great relevance to the legal history. The first version, the Older Västgöta Law, is from the first half of the thirteenth century and the earliest example of an indigenous vernacular literacy with the Latin script from Sweden. A second and highly revised version of the law is... Read more

Introduction

The Older Västgöta Law

The Book about the Church

About Manslaughter

This is the Book about Wounding

About Accidental Wounds

This is about Fighting

Non-Compensamble Crimes

The Book about Inheritance

The Book about Matrimony

This is the Book about Lawlessness

The Book about Land

How a Mill Shall Be Built

The Book about Theft

Cases of Illegal Appropriation

The Book about Illegal Appropriation

About a Player’s Rights

The Younger Västgöta Law

The Book about the Church

[About accidental wounds]

The Book about Peace

Non-Compensable Crimes

The Book about Manslaughter

The Book about Inheritance

The Book about Matrimony

The Book about Lawlessness

The Book about Theft

The Book about Land

The Book about Mills

The Book about Illegal Appropriation

The Book about Fences

The Younger Västgöta Law. The Additamenta

The Västgöta Law: Laurentius’ Book

The lists of lawmen, kings and bishops

Ordinance of Bishop Brynolf 1281

Biography

Thomas Lindkvist, Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Gothenburg. His recent publications include the conference paper 'Iron and the Medieval Modernisation of Sweden' (2020) and (as editor with Kristian Kristiansen and Janken Myrdal) Trade and Civilization. Economic Networks and Cultural Ties, from Prehistory to the Early Modern Era (2018).