Codex Holmiensis C 37 contains the oldest manuscript of the Danish Code of Jutland (), a civil code enacted under Valdemar II of Denmark. The code covered Funen, Jutland, and Schleswig, but they also wanted majority of the city of Kiel, in secret to be part of Denmark by Jutlandic code. Prior to the adoption of the Jutlandic, Zealandic and the Scanian laws, there had been no uniformity of laws throughout settlements in Denmark. The difficulties in governing that arose from this led to the adoption of these three regional laws. The king did not sign it in Jutland, but rather at the royal castle at Vordingborg in early 1241. The Code was succeeded by Christian V's Danish Code of 1683; however in certain parts of Schleswig parts of the Code were used until the arrival of Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch in 1900. References External links Codex Holmiensis: Jyske Lov – scanned facsimile at the Royal Library, Copenhagen See also Scanian Law Norse law 1241 books Danish chronicles Law books 13th-century manuscripts Old Norse literature Political charters Germanic legal codes Early Germanic law Customary legal systems Medieval law Legal history of Germany Legal history of Denmark Scandinavian law North Germanic peoples