Liber legis Scaniae

Ditlev Tamm is a Professor at the Centre for Studies in Legal Culture at the University of Copenhagen. He has previously published in Danish and other languages, and his previous publications in English include The Supreme Court: A Historical Perspective (2015), the conference paper How Nordic Are the Old Nordic Laws: Ten Years Later? (2014) and (as editor with Helle Vogt) The Danish Medieval Laws: The Laws of Scania, Zealand and Jutland (2016).

• ContentsA general introduction to the Medieval Nordic Laws translationForewordList of Abbreviations PART I Introduction The authorThe textThe Liber legis Scaniae in Danish legal historiographyThe manuscriptsBibliography: introductionPART IIThe textThe Latin text with English translation Correspondence between Liber legis Scaniae and the Law of ScaniaBibliography: textPART IIIVocabularyAndrew Sunesen’s language1. How did Andrew learn his Latin?2. Pronunciation and spelling3. The vocabulary, syntax and style of Lex ScaniæBibliography: VocabularyGlossary Latin–English Index

'This book offers an overview of the legal norms that governed medieval Scandinavian society in the early thirteenth century and opens intriguing questions about the Latin translator's purpose.'Ken Pennington, The Catholic University of America, USA