Laws of early Iceland : Grágás, the Codex Regius of Grágás, with material from other manuscripts /
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Uniform title: | Grágás. English. |
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Imprint: | Winnipeg, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, 1980-2000. |
Description: | 2 v. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English Icelandic |
Series: | University of Manitoba Icelandic studies v. 3, 5 |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/555805 |
Summary: | The laws of Mediaeval 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. |
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Physical Description: | 2 v. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 0887551157 |