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UNINA9910811205703321 |
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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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ISBN |
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1-4426-6609-9 |
1-4426-6444-4 |
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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 |
England |
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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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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Land and Book places a variety of texts 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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