The Function of Kinship in Medieval Nordic Legislation

A „Dán Aranybulla”: az V. Erik király által 1282. július 29-én aláírt håndfæstning

“…Lásd: Hoffmann, E. (1976) Königserhebung und Thronfolgeordnung in Dänemark bis zum Ausgang des Mittelalters. Berlin-New York, Walter de Gruyter, 128.; Rying, 1988, 43-44.;Skovgaard-Petersen, 2003, 364.;Vogt, H. (2010) The Function of Kinship in Medieval Nordic Legislation. (Medieval Law and Its Practice 9.…”

Medieval Swedish Provincial Laws as Example of Resilience?

“…The laws have him as their starting point, and define him as the person participating in communal affairs, elections, activities at assemblies and court sessions. The laws are written largely from the point of view of the peasant (Vogt 2010).…”

“…Helle Vogt has maintained that the concept of canonical kinship, based on agnatic blood lineage, marriage, and the concept of spiritual relatives alone, was introduced in all Nordic provincial laws, and that it replaced an earlier "electiveand alliance-based" kinship system . Be it this way or that, the fact remains that the provincial laws are heavily based on the concept of kinship and, more than anything, they regulate the legal relations of the landowning groups (Vogt 2010).…”

The Power of Book

“…Die Konstitutionen Friedrichs II: 1996. 4 That is, not procedural rules, but legal rules and principles that must be followed in decisions of legal cases.5 See especiallyGELTING: 2003;RIIS: 2004;ANDERSEN: 2006;VOGT: 2010. 6 BRUHN: 2005…”