Faroese thing
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The Faroese thing was the traditional Norse-era assembly on the Faroe Islands that functioned as a legislative and judicial gathering of free men.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
judicial assembly
ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ medieval assembly ⓘ thing (assembly) ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Faroe Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf |
free men
ⓘ
local chieftains ⓘ |
| country | Faroe Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Faroese culture
ⓘ
Norse culture ⓘ |
| followed | Germanic tribal assemblies ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Faroese customary law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norse law ⓘ |
| governs | Faroese law ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Legal history of the Faroe Islands
ⓘ
Medieval law ⓘ Norse institutions ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
peacekeeping among Faroese communities
ⓘ
standardization of law in the Faroe Islands ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
dispute resolution
ⓘ
judicial decision-making ⓘ law interpretation ⓘ law-making ⓘ legislation ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
farmers
ⓘ
lawman ⓘ local elite ⓘ |
| hasRole | central legal institution of the Faroe Islands in the Norse era ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Faroese legal institutions ⓘ |
| legalStatus | highest court in the Faroe Islands during the Norse era ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Faroe Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Norse legal tradition
ⓘ
North Germanic thing system ⓘ |
| precededBy | informal local assemblies ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Althing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frostating NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulating NERFINISHED ⓘ Ting (Scandinavian assembly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | Norse era ⓘ |
| temporalClassification | pre-modern institution ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Faroese
ⓘ
Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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