Gutalagen
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Gutalagen is a medieval legal code from the island of Gotland, written in Old Gutnish and detailing the laws and customs of its inhabitants.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gutamål | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gotlandic provincial law
ⓘ
law code ⓘ medieval legal code ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Gotland ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| culture | Gutnish culture ⓘ |
| describes |
penalties for legal offences
ⓘ
procedures for dispute settlement ⓘ regulation of trade and shipping ⓘ relations between Gotlanders and foreign merchants ⓘ rights and duties of free farmers ⓘ role of the thing assembly ⓘ social structure of medieval Gotland ⓘ |
| follows | Germanic customary law ⓘ |
| genre | law code ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Gutland law ⓘ |
| hasForm | manuscript text ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Old Gutnish
ⓘ
North Germanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse language group
|
| hasPart |
provisions on church and clergy
ⓘ
provisions on fines and compensation ⓘ provisions on homicide ⓘ provisions on inheritance ⓘ provisions on land ownership ⓘ provisions on marriage and family ⓘ provisions on oaths and witnesses ⓘ provisions on theft ⓘ provisions on thing assemblies ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important source for medieval Scandinavian legal history
ⓘ
important source for the history of Gotland ⓘ important source for the study of Old Gutnish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | historical legal code ⓘ |
| legalSystem | medieval Scandinavian law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
criminal law
ⓘ
customary law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ laws and customs of Gotland ⓘ marriage law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | island of Gotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Swedish provincial laws ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gutasaga
ⓘ
Gutnish ⓘ
surface form:
Gutnish people
Swedish medieval provincial laws ⓘ |
| writtenInScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Gutamål