Västgötalagen

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Main article:
Medieval Scandinavian laws
A page of the late 13th century law Äldre Västgötalagen.

Västgötalagen (Swedish pronunciation:

Swedish provincial laws.[note 1] It was compiled in the early 13th century, probably at least partly at the instigation of Eskil Magnusson and was the code of law used in the provinces of Västergötland and Dalsland and in Mo härad during the latter half of that century. The earliest complete text is dated 1281. Small fragments of an older text have been dated 1250.[1]

This legal code exists in two versions, Äldre Västgötalagen and Yngre Västgötalagen (the Elder and Younger Westrogothic law, respectively). A first printing in modern times was published by Hans Samuel Collin [sv] and Carl Johan Schlyter in 1827 (which made the text the subject of the earliest known stemma),[2] and a new edition by Gösta Holm [sv] in 1976.

The oldest manuscript of Äldre Västgötalagen contains other material added by a priest called Laurentius in

Johan Sverkersson.[3]

In these years,

Þingalið).[5]

The Older Västgöta Law

The Older Västgöta Law, as other medieval Swedish laws was divided into balkar and then flockar. Below are the titles as indicated by rubrics in the Codex Holmiensis B 59; in one case, the rubric is clearly miswritten.[6][7]

  • Kirkiu bolkær - About the Church
  • Af mandrapi - About Manslaughter
  • Af særæmalum - About Wounds
  • Af vaþæ sarum - About Accidental Wounds
  • Bardaghæ bolkær - About Fights
  • "Arþær bolkær" - About Non-Compensable Crimes
  • Arfþær bolkær - About Inheritance
  • Giptar bolkær - About Matrimony
  • Retlösæ bolkær - About Lawlessness
  • Iordþær bolkær - About Land
  • Huru myulnu skal gæræ - How a Mill Shall Be Built
  • Þiuuæ bolkær - About Thieves
  • Fornæmix sakir - Cases of Illegal Appropriation
  • Fornæmix bolkær - The Book of Illegal Appropation
  • Lecara rætar - Jester's rights

After this follows other headings in the manuscript, some of which are related to laws and some that are of the interests of an antiquarian.

See also

Swedish Wikisource has original text related to this article:

References

Notes

  1. Scanian law is older, but Scania
    was not incorporated into Sweden until late 17th century, and it is thus counted as a Danish law.

Citations

  1. ^ Cf. Inger Larsson, 'The Role of the Swedish Lawman in the Spread of Lay Literacy', in Along the Oral-Written Continuum: Types of Texts, Relations and the Implications, ed. by Slavica Ranković, Leidulf Melve, and Else Mundal, Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy, 20 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2010), pp. 411-27 (pp. 412-11).
  2. ^ William Robins. 2007. Editing and evolution. Literature Compass 4: 89-120. (pp. 93-94). DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2006.00391.x.
  3. University of Lund
    . See Beckman, Natanael (S1886): Medeltidslatin bland skaradjäknar 1943:1 s. 3.
  4. ^ Jansson 1980:22
  5. ^ a b Pritsak 1981:386
  6. ISBN 9789197807913
    .
  7. ISBN 978-1032004884
    .

External links
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Västgötalagen&oldid=1157319305"