Borgarting
The Borgarting was one of the major popular assemblies or things (lagting) of medieval Norway. Historically, it was the site of the court and assembly for the southern coastal region of Norway from the south-eastern border with Sweden, westwards to the today's Risør in Aust-Agder.[1]
Borgarting was named after its seat, the town of Borg (today
See also
References
- ^ "Borgarting". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ Magnus 6 Håkonsson Lagabøte (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ Magnus Lagabøtes landslov (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ Gulatingsloven (Store norske leksikon)
Other sources
- Andersen, Per Sveaas (1977) Samlingen av Norge og kristningen av landet : 800–1130 (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget) ISBN 8200024121
- Larson, Laurence Marcellus (2011) The Earliest Norwegian Laws (The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd) ISBN 9781584779254
Related Reading
- Munch P.A. (1846) Norges gamle Love indtil 1387 (Christiania: Chr. Gröndahl)
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