Sexuality, Law and Legal Practice and the Reformation in Norway Th E Northern World
Sexuality, Law and Legal Practice and the Reformation in Norway Th e Northern World North Europe and the Baltic c. 400–1700 AD Peoples, Economies and Cultures Editors Barbara Crawford (St. Andrews) David Kirby (London) Jon Vidar Sigurdsson (Oslo) Ingvild Øye (Bergen) Richard W. Unger (Vancouver) Piotr Gorecki (University of California at Riverside) VOLUME 44 Sexuality, Law and Legal Practice and the Reformation in Norway By Anne Irene Riisøy LEIDEN • BOSTON 2009 Cover illustration: NRA Norrøne fragmenter 1 C II a, with kind permission of the National Archives of Norway (Riksarkivet). Th is book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Riisøy, Anne Irene. Sexuality, law and legal practice and the reformation in Norway / By Anne Irene Riisøy. p. cm. — (Th e northern world no. 44) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-17364-4 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Sex crimes—Norway— History. 2. Sex and law—Norway—History. 3. Sex—Religious aspects—Christian- ity—History. 4. Reformation—Norway—History. 5. Law, Medieval—History. I. Title. II. Series. KKN4200.R55 2009 345.481’0253—dc22 2008051633 ISSN 1569-1462 ISBN 978 90 04 17364 4 Copyright 2009 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, Th e Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to Th e Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA.
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