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This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of medieval Frisian law, focusing on the influence of Roman and canon law in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It makes use of recent translations of Old Frisian legal texts to show the evolution of Frisian law and to unveil why the Frisians were motivated to change their traditional laws.
The book covers everything from oaths as evidence in Frisian procedures, to whether Frisian widows could be guardians of their children, to the role the Frisians themselves played in the evolution of their legal system.
The book covers everything from oaths as evidence in Frisian procedures, to whether Frisian widows could be guardians of their children, to the role the Frisians themselves played in the evolution of their legal system.
Price: $152.00
Pages: 364
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Medieval Law and Its Practice
Publication Date:
07 November 2024
ISBN: 9789004709928
Format: Hardcover
Marvin Wiegand, Ph.D. (2023), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is a historian of medieval Frisia. He has worked on translations and has published articles on the legal history of Frisia, including "As good as possible according to the laws" (Peeters, 2023).