TY - BOOK ID - 77937811 TI - The function of kinship in medieval Nordic legislation PY - 2010 VL - v. 9 SN - 18738176 SN - 1283852136 9004189297 9789004189294 9789004189225 900418922X PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Canon law KW - Domestic relations (Canon law) KW - Kinship (Law) KW - Law, Medieval KW - Public law (Canon law) KW - Law KW - Ecclesiastical law KW - Rescripts, Papal KW - Domestic relations KW - History KW - History. KW - Catholic Church UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77937811 AB - A strict definition of kinship – a canonical one – was in introduced in to the Nordic medieval legislation. This replaced a looser definition. According to a canonical definition of kinship – constructed after the Church’s incest prohibitions, you were obligated towards all your blood-relatives. This doctrine applies where: 1) The kin group acted as a legal person towards a third party in cases about paying of wergeld, and where the kinsmen collectively took an oath. 2) Rights and obligations between the kindred regulated land transactions either by inheritance, donations or sale. Here the obligations were at their widest. The moral requirement for love and cohesiveness was strengthened by more substantial rules to ensure, that land was not transferred at the expense of kinsmen. ER -