The Earliest Norwegian Laws: Being the Gulathing Law and the Frostathing Law

Frontmatter INTRODUCTION (page 3) THE OLDER LAW OF THE GULATHING THE CHURCH LAW (page 35) THE MERCHANT LAW (page 62) THE LAW OF TENANCY (page 89) THE INHERITANCE LAW (page 108) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (page 120) THE LAW OF PERSONAL RIGHTS (page 128) THE WERGELD SYSTEM (page 150) THE LAW AS TO THEFT (page 164) THE REDEMPTION OF ODAL LAND (page 170) THE LAW OF THE COAST DEFENSE (page 188) A LATER SYSTEM OF WERGELD (page 201) THE OLDER LAW OF THE FROSTATHING INTRODUCTION (page 213) I. THE FROSTATHING (page 222) II. THE CHURCH LAW (page 225) III. THE CHURCH LAW-CONTINUED (page 245) IV. THE LAW OF PERSONAL RIGHTS (page 257) V. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (page 283) VI. THE WERGELD SYSTEM (page 293) VII. THE LAW OF THE COAST DEFENSE (page 314) VIII. THE INHERITANCE LAW (page 324) IX. THE INHERITANCE LAW-CONTINUED (page 330) X. THE MERCHANT LAW (page 343) XI. THE MERCHANT LAW-CONTINUED (page 362) XII. THE REDEMPTION OF ODAL LAND (page 371) XIII. THE LAW OF TENANCY (page 377) XIV. THE LAW OF TENANCY-CONCLUDED. THE LAW AS TO THEFT (page 391) XV. THE LAW AS TO THEFT-CONTINUED (page 399) XVI. LATER ENACTMENTS (page 404) GLOSSARY (page 409) BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 433) INDEX (page 439)