Icelandic Laws in Context: Jónsbók and Kristinréttur Árna in the Árni Magnússon Collection

10:00–10:10 Introduction/conference opening
Guðrún Nordal (The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies)

10:10–11:10 Session 1 Jónsbók in Context
Chair, Elizabeth Walgenbach (The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies)

10:10–10:30 Sverrir Jakobsson (The University of Iceland)
The Political Context of Jónsbók

10:30–10:50 Stefan Drechsler (The University of Bergen)
Law Manuscript Production in Fifteenth-century Iceland

10:50–11:10 Discussion

11:10–11:40 Coffee

Session 2 Re-evaluations of Legal Manuscripts
Chair, Sverrir Jakobsson

11:40–12:00 Patricia Boulhosa (The University of Cambridge)
Textual Instability and Variability: Medieval Scribal Practices and Modern Editorial Practices

12:00–12:20 Elizabeth Walgenbach (The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies)
Si quis suadente in Manuscripts of Kristinréttur Árna Þorlákssonar

12:20–12:40 Discussion

12:40–13:40 Lunch (Háma)

Session 3 Medieval Legislation
Chair, Beeke Stegmann (The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies)

13:40–14:00 Julian Eduardo Valle (The University of Bergen)
Rekahval eigu menn að flytja ok festa. Gefa skal af inn fimta hlut? Legislation over stranded whales in 13th century Iceland

14:00–14:20 Valgerður Sólnes (The University of Iceland Faculty of Law)
Jónsbók: Medieval understandings of property in land

14:20–14:40 Lára Magnúsardóttir (Independent Scholar)
The Emperor’s Law

14:40–15:10 Discussion

15:10–15:40 Coffee

Session 4 Legal Manuscripts, Legal traditions
Chair, Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson, (The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies)

15:40–16:00 Anders Winroth (Yale University)
Belgsdalsbók (AM 347 fol.) in Scandinavia and in Europe

16:00–16:20 Lena Rohrbach (Universität Zürich and Universität Basel)
Digests of the Law in the Medieval Icelandic Tradition

16:20–16:40 Discussion

16:40–16:50 Closing remarks

Reception