The Thing of all Geats (Swedish: Alla götars ting) was the thing
Thing (assembly)
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The Thing of all Geats (Swedish: Alla götars ting) was the thing
Thing (assembly)
File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgA thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic tribes societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers.... (general assembly) which was held from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi... in Skara
Skara
Skara is a Cities in Sweden in V?sterg?tland, Sweden, an episcopal see and the seat of Skara Municipality, V?stra G?taland County. Despite its size, it has a long educational and ecclesiastical history.... , Västergötland
Västergötland
is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latin language version Westrogothia.... . Although its name suggests that it comprised all Geat
Geat
Geats , sometimes associated with the Goths, were a North Germanic tribes inhabiting what is now G?taland in modern Sweden. The name of the Geats also lives on in the Provinces of Sweden of V?sterg?tland and ?sterg?tland, the Western and Eastern lands of the Geats, and in many other toponyms.... s, it concerned those living in Västergötland
Västergötland
is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latin language version Westrogothia.... and Dalsland
Dalsland
Dalsland is one of the traditional Provinces of Swedens , in the south west of Sweden. It borders Bohusl?n to the south-west, Norway to the west, V?rmland to the north and north-east, lake V?nern to the east, and V?sterg?tland to the east and south.... , and it is described in the Westrogothic law. According to Ostrogothic law (Östgötalagen), Lionga thing
Lionga thing
Lionga thing was the thing of the people of ?sterg?tland in medieval Sweden. Lionga thing is mentioned in ?stg?talagen and was held in Link?ping in the Middle Ages.... was a similar assembly in Östergötland
Östergötland
?sterg?tland is a one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Sm?land, V?sterg?tland, N?rke, S?dermanland, and the Baltic Sea.... , held in Linköping
Linköping
Link?ping ['l?n???p??] is a city in southern Sweden, with a population of 97,885 . It is the seat of Link?ping Municipality with 140,367 inhabitants and the capital of ?sterg?tland County.... in the Middle Ages and somewhere in its vicinity earlier.
All free men living in the legislature and who were able to wield a weapon had the right to participate, and the assembly was led by the lawspeaker
Lawspeaker
A lawspeaker is a unique Scandinavia legal office. It has its basis in a common Germanic oral tradition, where wise men were asked to recite the law, but it was only in Scandinavia that the function evolved into an office.... .
Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1991.As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre.... named the Thing of all Swedes
Thing of all Swedes
The Thing of all Swedes was the Thing which was held from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, at the end of February or early March at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden.... .
