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Autore |
Jurasinski Stefan |
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Ancient privileges : Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity / / by Stefan Jurasinski |
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Morgantown, W. Va., : West Virginia University Press, 2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Collana |
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Medieval European studies ; ; 6 |
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Law and literature - History - 19th century |
Law, Germanic - History |
Epic poetry, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual |
Homicide in literature |
Anglo-Saxons in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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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. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-179) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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