03742nam 2200757 a 450 991096448080332120251117095411.0978193597833619359783302027/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(Au-PeEL)EBL3416985(CaPaEBR)ebr10561045(CaONFJC)MIL797736(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.9780937058985 093705898X 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 CoverOne of the great triumphs of nineteenth-century philology was the development of the wide array of comparative data that underpins the grammars of the Old Germanic dialects, such as Old English, Old Icelandic, Old Saxon, and Gothic.These led to the reconstruction of Common Germanic and Proto-Germanic languages.Medieval 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 Stefan790975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964480803321Ancient privileges1767177UNINA