• Medieval Scandinavian law, also called North Germanic law, was a subset of Germanic law practiced by North Germanic peoples. It was originally memorized...
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    The Scandinavian clan or ætt/ätt (pronounced [ˈæːtː] in Old Norse) was a social group based on common descent, equivalent to a clan. In the absence of...
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    Christian medieval culture. Additional sources remain by non-Scandinavians writing in languages other than Old Norse. The first non-Scandinavian textual...
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    The medieval runes, or the futhork, was a Scandinavian runic alphabet that evolved from the Younger Futhark after the introduction of stung (or dotted)...
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    also online at https://www.nb.no/forskning/lagabote/ressurser/. Medieval Scandinavian law Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, 'Stordomen til Landslova', Dag og Tid, 15...
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    Germanic languages of Scandinavia. During the late eighth century, Scandinavians embarked on a large-scale expansion in all directions, giving rise to...
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    Magnus Erikssons landslag (category 1340s in law)
    of Sweden, replacing the previous local county laws under medieval Scandinavian law. The Country Law applied to the entire countryside, but not to the...
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    Lawspeaker (redirect from Law speaker)
    is a unique Scandinavian legal office. It has its basis in a common Germanic oral tradition, where wise people were asked to recite the law, but it was...
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    Normans (section Norman law)
    and Sweden. These settlements were finally legitimized when Rollo, a Scandinavian Viking leader, agreed to swear fealty to King Charles III of West Francia...
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    syntax) "can be shown to develop regularly into Viking-Age, medieval and modern Scandinavian reflexes", says Michael Barnes. According to David Arter, Old...
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