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Autore |
Smith Scott Thompson |
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Titolo |
Land and book : literature and land tenure in Anglo-Saxon England / / Scott Thompson Smith |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; ; 13 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Land tenure in literature |
Land tenure - England - History - To 1500 |
Land tenure - Law and legislation - England - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Terms of Possession -- 1. The Most Solemn Instrument -- 2. Storied Land -- 3. Tenure in Translation -- 4. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Dynastic Landbook -- 5. Poetic Possession -- Conclusion: The Question of Limits -- Bibliography -- Index of Charters Cited -- General Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this original and innovative study, Scott T. Smith traces the intersections between land tenure and literature in Anglo-Saxon England. Smith aptly demonstrates that as land became property through the operations of writing, it came to assume a complex range of conceptual values that Anglo-Saxons could use to engage a number of vital cultural concerns beyond just the legal and practical - such as political dominion, salvation, sanctity, status, and social and spiritual obligations. Land and Book places a variety of texts - including charters, dispute records, heroic poetry, homilies, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - in a dynamic conversation with the procedures and documents of land tenure, showing how its social practice led to innovation across written genres in both Latin and Old English. |
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Through this, Smith provides an interdisciplinary synthesis of literary, legal, and historical interests. |
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