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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812591203321

Autore

Jurasinski Stefan

Titolo

Ancient privileges : Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity / / by Stefan Jurasinski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Morgantown, W. Va., : West Virginia University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-935978-33-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Medieval European studies ; ; 6

Disciplina

829.3

Soggetti

Law and literature - History - 19th century

Law, Germanic - History

Epic poetry, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual

Homicide in literature

Anglo-Saxons in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 2003.

"This study considers the influence of nineteenth-century legal historians on the editing and interpretation of Beowulf"--Preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Medieval European Studies Series Page; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: "The Forests Of Germany": Legal History and the Inheritance of Philology; Law and Philology; Jakob Grimm, Legal Formalism and the Editing of Beowulf; Formulas as Criteria for Textual Emendation; Anathemas, Charters and Cursed Gold; Conclusion; "Public Land," Germanic Egalitarianism, and Nineteenth-century Philology; Folcland and the Folcscaru; Folcland after Kemble; Post-Vinogradoff Discussions; Conclusions; The Ecstasy of Vengeance: Nineteenth-century Germanism and the Finn Episode

Nineteenth-Century Views of the BloodfeudThe Sacred Duty of Revenge; The Nineteenth-century Legacy; Conclusion; Feohleas Gefeoht: Accidental Homicide and the Hrethel Episode; Later Developments; The Nature of Accident; The Legislative Background of the Hrethel Episode; Concluding Remarks; Conclusions Law and the Archaism of Beowulf; Works Cited; Index; Back Cover