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Guta lag: The Law of the Gotlanders

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Guta Lag, the law of the independent island of Gotland, is one of the earliest laws of Scandinavia. The text of "Guta lag", the law of the Gotlanders, is preserved in eight manuscripts. Two of the medieval manuscripts, one vellum and one paper, are in Gutnish and it is these that are presented in the translation here. The others consist of a vellum manuscript in a mixture of Middle High German and Middle Low German, two Danish paper manuscripts, a paper manuscript containing a number of later provisions in Danish and two eighteenth-century paper manuscripts in Gutnish. All eight manuscript traditions are taken into consideration when attempting to construct a stemma.

Author(s): Christine Peel (ed., transl.)
Series: Viking Society for Northern Research Text Series, 19
Publisher: Viking Society for Northern Research
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: XLVI+235
City: London

INTRODUCTION vii
I Gotland's medieval historical background vii
II Preservation of "Guta lag" xiv
III Nature and content xxii
IV Origins xxxiii
V Date, place and circumstances of composition xxxvi
VI Editions and translations of "Guta lag" xl
TRANSLATION 1
NOTES 64
MANUSCRIPT PAGES
B 64 191
AM 54 4to 192
APPENDICES
A Comparison of manuscript contents 193
B Chronology of historical events 196
C Monetary system 198
D Penalties exacted 200
E Oaths and witnesses required 216
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS 220