03250nam 2200685 a 450 991081259120332120240926182146.01-935978-33-02027/heb08904(CKB)2550000000100479(EBL)3416985(OCoLC)923514465(SSID)ssj0000681962(PQKBManifestationID)11449939(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000681962(PQKBWorkID)10663961(PQKB)11044178(MiAaPQ)EBC3416985(OCoLC)797855521(MdBmJHUP)muse25992(dli)HEB08904(MiU)MIU01000000000000011593908(EXLCZ)99255000000010047920051121d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncient privileges Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity /by Stefan Jurasinski1st ed.Morgantown, W. Va. West Virginia University Press20061 online resource (193 p.)Medieval European studies ;6Originally 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.0-937058-98-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-179) and index.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 EpisodeNineteenth-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 CoverMedieval European studies ;6.Law and literatureHistory19th centuryLaw, GermanicHistoryEpic poetry, English (Old)Criticism, TextualHomicide in literatureAnglo-Saxons in literatureLaw and literatureHistoryLaw, GermanicHistory.Epic poetry, English (Old)Criticism, Textual.Homicide in literature.Anglo-Saxons in literature.829.3Jurasinski Stefan790975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812591203321Ancient privileges1767177UNINA