Table of Contents
Part 1: Translator’s introduction - Norway in the thirteenth century
- Population, livelihood, geography
- Social structure
- Economic structure
- The Church
- Political structure
- The Gulaþing
- The assembly
- The Gulaþing Law
- The nature and content of the law
- Origins and composition
- The manuscripts
- Editions
- Translations
Part 2: The Older Gulaþing Law according to DonVar 137 4to
I The Book on Christian Law (Chapters 1–33)
The Gulathing Law in a Theological and Church History Perspective. A commentary essay by Torstein Jørgensen
II The Book on Contracts (Chapters 34–50)
III The Marriage of Women (Chapters 51–56)
IV Freedman’s Law (Chapters 57–71)
V The Book on Tenancy (Chapters 72–102)
VI The Book on Inheritance (Chapters 103–130)
VII Summons to an Assembly (Chapters 131–147)
VIII Amendments (Chapter 148)
IX Rules for Whaling (Chapters 149–150)
X Concerning Personal Rights (Chapters 151–252)
XI The Book on Theft (Chapters 253–264)
XII The Redemption of Odal-land (Chapters 265–294)
XIII The Book on the Naval Levy (Chapters 295–315)
XIV A Later System of Wergild (Chapters 316–319)
XV Peace Pledge (Chapter 320)