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  • Law and The Christian Tradition in Scandinavia

    The Writings of Great Nordic Jurists

    Edited by Kjell Å Modéer, Helle Vogt ...
    Series series Law and Religion
    This book presents a comprehensive history of law and religion in the Nordic context.The entwinement of law and religion in Scandinavia encompasses an unusual history, not widely known yet important for its impact on contemporary political and international relations in the region. The volume provides a holistic picture from the first written legal sources of the twelfth century to the law of the ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • The Danish Medieval Laws

    the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland

    Edited by Ditlev Tamm, Helle Vogt ...
    Series series Routledge Medieval Translations
    The Danish medieval laws: the laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland contains translations of the four most important medieval Danish laws written in the vernacular. The main texts are those of the Law of Scania, the two laws of Zealand – Valdemar’s and Erik’s – and the Law of Jutland, all of which date from the early thirteenth century. The Church Law of Scania and three short royal ordinances are ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050-1250, Volume I

    Material Resources

    Edited by Bjørn Poulsen, Helle Vogt, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Medieval Studies
    This book, first in a series of three, examines the social elites in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and which social, political, and cultural resources went into their creation. The elite controlled enormous economic resources and exercised power over people. Power over agrarian production was essential to the elites during this period, although mobile capital was becoming increasingly ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today

    Edited by Ole-Albert Rønning, Helle Møller Sigh, Helle Vogt ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
    Donations, Inheritance and Property in the Nordic and Western World from Late Antiquity until Today presents an examination of Nordic donation and gift-giving practices in the Nordic and Western world, beginning in late Antiquity and extending through to the present day. Through chapters contributed by leading international researchers, this book explores the changing legal, social and religious ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

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  • Social Contract

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    In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourses on the Origin of Inequality, he outlines his own history of the development of human society. He explains in general terms how the differences between social and economic classes arose alongside the formation of modern states. He also explores the means by which these inequalities were actually built into and perpetuated by the foundational notions of modern ... Read more

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    Codified by Justinian I and published under his aegis in A.D. 533, this celebrated work of legal history forms a fascinating picture of ordinary life in Rome. ... Read more

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  • Roman Law in Medieval Europe

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  • The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook

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