...This chapter examines the eliciting of laws of social evolution during the second half of the nineteenth century. It points out that grand schemes of evolution should have solid reference points, and that reconstruction was not limited to the enthusiasts of early Germanic society. It discusses...

...Chapter 2 examines the function of assemblies in Vikingage society and provides a detailed analysis of the assembly institution in Scandinavia and how this fitted into earlier Germanic assembly systems in Mainland Europe. This is important as the thing organisation is at times seen as an isolated...

...In chapter 9, it is again shown that the Norse thing organisation was neither new nor unique, but situated within a Germanic tradition of law and assembly, which can be traced back to the first century ad; thus long predating the earliest Frankish laws. This chapter also...

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...This chapter discusses the socialist theory of historical evolution, which assumes the resurrection of former ideological formations at a new level. It studies Morris's belief regarding tribal communism and the ‘customary law of the Germanic tribes’, as well as the basis of medieval forms...