This book examines the role of legislation in the transformation of the early medieval Nordic realms into monarchic states in the High Middle Ages. The principal focus is on the development of a common law for Norway, the Norse lands overseas, and the northern and eastern peripheries of the king's m
Scotland and Its Neighbours in The Middle Ages
โ Scribed by G.W.S. Barrow
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Year
- 1992
- Leaves
- 275
- Category
- Library
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