Frisian Land Law: A Critical Edition and Translation of the Freeska Landriucht

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Around 1485, the age-old compilation of Old Frisian customary law, partly dating back to the 11th century, was put into print. Latin glosses were included in the text with references to Canon and Roman law. This gloss tradition had come into being during the 13th and 14th centuries. This incunable came to be known as Freeska Landriucht or Frisian Land Law. This book presents its first edition with an English translation. ‎Contents ‎Maps ‎Introduction ‎Preface to the Edition and Translation of the Old Frisian Main Text (Nijdam) ‎1. Medieval Frisia ‎2. A Chronological Overview of the Classical Old Frisian Law Texts ‎3. Family and Inheritance ‎4. The Farm or Estate ‎5. The Church ‎6. Legal Procedure in Classical Old Frisian Law ‎7. The Book ‎8. A Short Introduction to the Individual Texts ‎9. Principles Underlying the Edition and Translation ‎Acknowledgments ‎Preface to the Edition and Translation of the Gloss (Hallebeek and de Jong) ‎1. Introduction: Glosses ‎2. Learned Law: Canon Law and Roman Law ‎3. The Gloss to the Frisian Land Law ‎4. Allegations ‎5. References to Scholarly Literature ‎6. Relation of the Gloss to the Main Text of the Frisian Land Law ‎7. Author and Date of the Gloss ‎8. Principles Underlying the Edition and Translation ‎Bibliography ‎Text and Translation ‎I. Prologue ‎II. What Is Law? ‎III. The Older Skelta Law ‎IV. Of the Two Kings Charles and Radbod ‎V. The Statutes of Magnus ‎VI.The Seventeen Statutes ‎VII. Prologue to the Seventeen Statutes and Twenty-Four Land Laws ‎VIII. The Twenty-Four Land Laws ‎IX. The Eight Provisions ‎X. Exceptions to the 17th Statute ‎XI. The Synodical Law of Central Frisia ‎XII. The Younger Skelta Law ‎XIII. The Statutes of the Five Districts ‎XIV. The Calculated Tariffs ‎XV. Currency Conversion and Wergilds ‎XVI. The Book of Emperor Rudolf ‎XVII. Market Law ‎XVIII. Unmendable Crimes ‎XIX. On Forceful Robberies ‎XX. The Statutes of Opstalsbam ‎XXI. A Treatise on the Seven Sealands ‎Glossary of Untranslated Old Frisian Terms ‎Index of Allegations in the Glosses