Norðhymbra preosta lagu
Norðhymbra preosta lagu ('the Northumbrian priests' law') is an
Cnut the Great.[1]
Topics
Suppression of heathenry
The laws asserts that all are to hold to one
sanctuaries") around a stone, tree or well, with the punishment being a fine paid to the landowner and the Church. That the compensation to the landowner has been interpreted as meaning that during the time in which the laws were written, frið-geardas were typically made in secret by those of low social status. They have been further connected with similar prohibitions in Canons of Edgar, written by Archbishop Wulfstan of York in the 11th century.[2][3]
Editions
- Liebermann, F. (ed.), Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle a. S.: Niemeyer, 1903–16), I 380–85
See also
References
- ^ "Early English Laws: Norðleoda laga (Norðleod)". www.earlyenglishlaws.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Thorpe 2012, pp. 296–299, 302–303.
- ^ Meaney 2004, p. 487.
Bibliography
Primary
- Thorpe, Benjamin (2012). "Law of the Northumbrian priests". Ancient Laws and Institutes of England. Cambridge University Press. pp. 290–303. ISBN 9781139177412.
Secondary
- Meaney, Audrey L. (January 2004). "'And we forbeodað eornostlice ælcne hæðenscipe': Wulfstan and Late Anglo-Saxon and Norse 'Heathenism'". Wulfstan, Archbishop of York. Studies in the Early Middle Ages. 10. Brepols Publishers: 461–500. ISBN 978-2-503-52224-1.
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