Thing of all Geats

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The Thing of all Geats (Swedish: Alla götars ting) was the

Westrogothic law. According to Ostrogothic law (Östgötalagen), Lionga thing was a similar assembly in Östergötland, held in Linköping
in the Middle Ages and somewhere in its vicinity earlier.

All free men living in the legislature and who were able to wield a weapon had the right to participate, and the assembly was led by the lawspeaker.[1]

It had a Swedish counterpart in Gamla Uppsala named the Thing of all Swedes.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The article Landsting, at the official site of the Museum of National Antiquities, Sweden Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
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