Talk:Medieval Scandinavian law

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Law

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Much to be desired

This article leaves a whole lot to be desired. Most notably, there's no mention of Norway at all.

Accusativen hos Olsson (talk) 23:51, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Need for revision

Hi, most of the article info on Norway is, to be polite, imprecise. "Norway was governed by a system of þings at which the numerous kings would convene to settle legal disputes"? No, the things were not convened by the king, rather by appointment among those who were to attend. The minor things like Haugating and Eyrating where called for hailing of a new king, and king no man could be unless so hailed. "One of the most common practices in early medieval Norway of determining the outcome of a case was a holmgang (8)" ...? This ref 8 is a defunct blog w/o any information (or credibility). But even this merely has "common", not "most common", as it has mutated to in the article. Holmgang was used to solve vefang, major dissent among the lagmenn ('law-men', jury) set to solve a case. If they could not solve, it, holmgang was one solution; but it appears mainly in the literary sagas. " ....laws were ...later issued by royal decree ...": This 'later' is 1274, which transferred legislative power from the thing to the king. And so on. I don't know about Denmark and Sweden here, but I guess these sections are also fonts of misinformation. T 2A02:FE1:E16B:CC00:68B2:3BD7:B626:6563 (talk) 21:01, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]