Présentation
The Danish medieval laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law of Scania, the two laws of Zealand – Valdemar’s and Erik’s – and the Law of Jutland, all of which date from the early thirteenth century. The Church Law of Scania and three short royal ordinances are also included. These provincial laws were first written down in the first half of the thirteenth century and were in force until 1683, when they were replaced by a national law. The laws, preserved in over 100 separate manuscripts, are the first extended texts in Danish and represent a first attempt to create a Danish legal language.
Sommaire
Abbriviations
Foreword
General Introduction
Part I. Introduction
Denmark around 1200
The Church
The laws
The medieval laws in Danish legal history
The law texts
Translating medieval laws
The language of the laws
The law in the laws
Part II. The provinces and the laws
Scania
The Scanian laws
The Church Law of Scania
The Law of Scania
The royal ordinances
Knud VI’s Ordinance on Homicide 28 December 1200
The Ordinance on Compensation
The Ordinance on the ordeal of hot iron
The province and laws of Zealand
Valdemar’s Law of Zealand
The Church Law of Zealand
The Law of Zealand known as the Law of Valdemar
Erik’s Law of Zealand
The province of Jutland and Funen and the Law of Jutland
The Law of Jutland
Terminology
Glossary
Old Danish
English
