ABSTRACT
The Law of Jutland was the law of the geographically most extended parts of Denmark, namely the peninsula of Jutland, the island of Funen and a large number of smaller islands, especially those near the west coast of Schleswig. The reason for the large number of German manuscripts is that the Law of Jutland was in force in the Duchy of Schleswig, where part of the population was German-speaking. The land in the north and west of Jutland was meagre and poor, marshy in the coastal areas and sandy inland. Jutland was from old times divided into a northern and southern part, the former measuring some 25,000 square kilometres and the latter around 8,500 square kilometres. In the central and eastern parts of Jutland and the marshland in Schleswig were large areas of fertile land, and here most villages were found. The manuscript consists of a medieval parchment part and a paper addition from around 1600.
