ABSTRACT
The church law is the law that was laid down after deliberation at a meeting in Lund by Archbishop Eskil at the request of all Scanians, as the law had previously been too harsh. If a church has no priest, the householders shall choose a priest with the bishop's consent. If a priest offends a householder, he shall pay for his offence and stay with his church. The householders cannot dismiss a priest, nor can he leave them without their consent. If the peace is violated in the church or in the churchyard, he who violated it shall pay for the offence three marks, and the bishop shall cleanse the church or the churchyard and not ask more from the householders. If someone breaks the holy peace of the churchyard, and he denies it, he shall prove it with twelve prudent men.
