Gutar

E356506

Gutar are the historical inhabitants of the Swedish island of Gotland, known from medieval sources such as the Gutasaga for their distinct culture, laws, and extensive Baltic Sea trade.

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Label Occurrences
Gutar canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
historical people ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
culturalHeritage medieval churches ⓘ
runestones ⓘ
trading sites ⓘ
culture distinct Gutnish culture ⓘ
describedIn Gutasaga ⓘ
medieval sources ⓘ
ethnicTerritory island of Gotland ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Old Gutnish ⓘ
Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
governance thing assembly ⓘ
historicalLanguageFamily North Germanic languages ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRole Baltic Sea merchants ⓘ
intermediaries in Baltic trade ⓘ
language Gutnish ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
legalDocument Gutalagen ⓘ
Gutasaga ⓘ
legalSystem Gutnish law ⓘ
legalTradition Germanic customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea ⓘ
mainTerritory Gotland ⓘ
modernDescendants inhabitants of Gotland ⓘ
politicalRelation Swedish kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Sweden
politicalStatus semi-independent community ⓘ
region Gotland County ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Danes ⓘ
Geats ⓘ
Gotlanders ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
selfDesignation Gutar ⓘ
tradeGoods amber ⓘ
fish ⓘ
furs ⓘ
grain ⓘ
iron ⓘ
tradingRegion Baltic Sea ⓘ
German towns ⓘ
Rus ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
traditionalOccupation farming ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
trade ⓘ

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