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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791056603321

Autore

Hough Carole

Titolo

"An ald reht" : essays on anglo-saxon law / / Carole Hough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-5917-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

340.0942

Soggetti

Law, Anglo-Saxon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; 1.LEGAL AND DOCUMENTARY WRITINGS; 2.PENITENTIAL LITERATURE AND SECULARLAW IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND; 3.WOMEN AND THE LAW IN SEVENTH-CENTURYENGLAND; PART II; 4.THE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH SOCIETYIN THE SEVENTH CENTURY; 5.TWO KENTISH LAWS CONCERNING WOMEN; 6.THE WIDOW'S MUND IN ÆTHELBERHT75 AND 76*; 7.THE EARLY KENTISH "DIVORCE LAWS"; 8.A REAPPRAISAL OF ÆTHELBERHT 84; 9.A RECONSIDERATION OF INE, CH. 23; 10.ALFRED'S DOMBOCAND THE LANGUAGE OF RAPE; 11.A NEW READING OF ALFRED, CH. 26; PART III

12.PALAEOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCEFOR THE COMPILATION OF TEXTUS ROFFENSIS113.NUMBERS IN MANUSCRIPTSOF ANGLO-SAXON LAW; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together thirteen essays on aspects of the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England. They represent a programme of research carried out over the last twenty years, offering important insights into the operation of English law from its beginnings in the sixth century through to its preservation in manuscripts dating from the tenth to early twelfth centuries. Part I begins with an overview of the legal corpus, followed by a discussion of the relationship between secular and eccle...