Gulathing law
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The Gulathing law was one of medieval Norway’s oldest and most important regional law codes, governing legal, social, and economic matters in western Norway.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval Norwegian law code
ⓘ
regional law code ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Gulating law province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gulating assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | oral legal tradition ⓘ |
| codifiedAs | written law code ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | earlier customary law of western Norway ⓘ |
| follows | thing tradition of the Gulathing assembly ⓘ |
| governed |
military service duties
ⓘ
obligations to the king ⓘ relations between free farmers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Christian law section
ⓘ
inheritance provisions ⓘ penal provisions ⓘ procedural provisions ⓘ secular law section ⓘ ship law provisions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Magnus Lagabøte’s national law code
ⓘ
later Norwegian national law codes ⓘ |
| language |
Old Norse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Norwegian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | statutory law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Norwegian medieval law ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gulathing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelWith |
Borgarthing law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eidsivathing law NERFINISHED ⓘ Frostathing law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| regionServed | coastal districts of western Norway ⓘ |
| regulates |
church–secular relations
ⓘ
compensation and fines ⓘ criminal offenses ⓘ divorce ⓘ economic matters ⓘ inheritance ⓘ land tenure ⓘ legal matters ⓘ marriage ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ social matters ⓘ trade and commerce ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the most important medieval Norwegian law codes
ⓘ
one of the oldest Norwegian regional law codes ⓘ |
| startTime | 11th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Nordic legal history
ⓘ
legal history ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
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