The Laws of Oléron

This medieval maritime code, associated with the island of Oléron and circulating from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, sets customary rules for shipping in the wine trade and other Atlantic traffic. Articles assign duties among master, merchant, and crew: when cargo may be jettisoned in a storm, how wreck and salvage are shared, what wages and food sailors may claim, and how injury, desertion, or a master's misconduct are judged. The text is a set of sea judgments, not a narrative voyage and not a modern statute book. It became a standard reference in English and other northern admiralty practice.

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