Lionga thing was the general assembly of the people of Östergötland in medieval Sweden. Lionga thing is mentioned in Östgötalagen[1] and was held in Linköping in the Middle Ages.[2] Its original location is unknown. The first known mention of Lionga thing is from 1350. An account stated that this was where a slave could be freed by a kinsman.[3] After the slave's emancipation from serfdom through purchase, the parties swore a full oath of kinsmen at Lionga thing before at least 14 witnesses.[3] Another source cited that the assembly may also have played a part in the selection of a bishop because Linköping was considered an ecclesiastical center.[4]
References
edit- ^ Östgötalagen. Original text.
- ^ Semple, Sarah; Sanmark, Alexandra; Iversen, Frode; Mehler, Natascha (2020-06-11). Negotiating the North: Meeting-Places in the Middle Ages in the North Sea Zone. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-09668-2.
- ^ a b Phillpotts, Bertha Surtees (1913). Kindred and Clan in the Middle Ages and After: A Study in the Sociology of the Teutonic Races. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 75.
- ^ Roslund, Mats (2007). Guests in the House: Cultural Transmission between Slavs and Scandinavians 900 to 1300 AD. Leiden: BRILL. pp. 386–387. ISBN 9789004161894.
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