Codex Holmiensis

Codex Holmiensis C 37 contains the oldest manuscript of the Danish Code of Jutland (Danish: Jyske Lov),[1][2] a civil code enacted under Valdemar II of Denmark.

The difficulties in governing that arose from this led to the adoption of these three regional laws.

[3] The king did not sign it in Jutland, but rather at the Vordingborg Castle in early 1241.

No man shall judge contrary to the law, which the king has given and the country chosen.

[6] In both cases, a low German translation authorized by King Christian IV in 1592 was used.

Prior to the adoption of the Danish Code , each landskab had its own legal code , except for the Uthlande (in dark grey) which followed Frisian Law .
Text of the Codex Holmiensis C 37 manuscript.
Royally and duchy-controlled areas of Schleswig and Holstein around 1650
Legal systems in Germany prior to the enactment of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch