Edda Frankot completed her PhD in History and Law at the University of Aberdeen. Since then, she has worked as a research fellow at the universities of Groningen and Aberdeen, before becoming a lecturer in History at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 2011. She is the co-editor of Baltic Connections. Archival Guide to the Maritime Relations of the Countries around the Baltic Sea (including the Netherlands) 1450-1800.

• Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. A History of Maritime Law in Northern Europe; 2. Shipwreck, Jettison and Ship Collision in Maritime Law; 3. The Five Towns Introduced; 4. Written Law: Urban Collections of Sea Laws; 5. Written Law: Local Developments in Lawmaking ; 6. Legal Practice: the Administration of Maritime Justice; 7. Legal Practice: Maritime Proceedings at the Urban Courts; Final Conclusions; Bibliography.

Edda Frankot completed her PhD in History and Law at the University of Aberdeen. Since then, she has worked as a research fellow at the universities of Groningen and Aberdeen, before becoming a lecturer in History at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 2011. She is the co-editor of Baltic Connections. Archival Guide to the Maritime Relations of the Countries around the Baltic Sea (including the Netherlands) 1450-1800.

• Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. A History of Maritime Law in Northern Europe; 2. Shipwreck, Jettison and Ship Collision in Maritime Law; 3. The Five Towns Introduced; 4. Written Law: Urban Collections of Sea Laws; 5. Written Law: Local Developments in Lawmaking ; 6. Legal Practice: the Administration of Maritime Justice; 7. Legal Practice: Maritime Proceedings at the Urban Courts; Final Conclusions; Bibliography.

Edda Frankot completed her PhD in History and Law at the University of Aberdeen. Since then, she has worked as a research fellow at the universities of Groningen and Aberdeen, before becoming a lecturer in History at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 2011. She is the co-editor of Baltic Connections. Archival Guide to the Maritime Relations of the Countries around the Baltic Sea (including the Netherlands) 1450-1800.

• Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. A History of Maritime Law in Northern Europe; 2. Shipwreck, Jettison and Ship Collision in Maritime Law; 3. The Five Towns Introduced; 4. Written Law: Urban Collections of Sea Laws; 5. Written Law: Local Developments in Lawmaking ; 6. Legal Practice: the Administration of Maritime Justice; 7. Legal Practice: Maritime Proceedings at the Urban Courts; Final Conclusions; Bibliography.