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UNINA9910811532603321 |
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Autore |
Vogt Helle |
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Titolo |
The function of kinship in medieval Nordic legislation / / by Helle Vogt |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-85213-6 |
90-04-18929-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Collana |
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Medieval law and its practice, , 1873-8176 ; ; v. 9 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Kinship (Law) - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 |
Domestic relations (Canon law) - History - To 1500 |
Canon law - History - To 1500 |
Law, Medieval - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-276) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One Kinship as Strategy -- Chapter Two The Legal Sources -- Chapter Three The Scandinavian Societies at the Time of the Provincial Laws -- Chapter Four The Emergence of the Provincial Laws and their Dating -- Chapter Five The Fathers of the Laws -- Chapter Six The Peace Ideology -- Chapter Seven The Legislator and the Law -- Chapter Eight The Application of the Provincial Laws -- Chapter Nine The Function of Kinship in Legal Disputes -- Chapter Ten Collective Sanction -- Chapter Eleven Inheritance Law in the Provincial Laws -- Chapter Twelve Donations, Pious Donations, and the Right of Disposal of Property -- Chapter Thirteen The Right of Allodium -- Chapter Fourteen Fledføring—Elder Care -- Chapter Fifteen Marriage -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Places -- General Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A strict definition of kinship – a canonical one – was in introduced in to the Nordic medieval legislation. This replaced a looser definition. According to a canonical definition of kinship – constructed after the Church’s incest prohibitions, you were obligated towards all your blood-relatives. This doctrine applies where: 1) The kin group acted as a legal person towards a third party in cases about paying of wergeld, |
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