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



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Autore: Jurasinski Stefan Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ancient privileges [[electronic resource] ] : Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity / / by Stefan Jurasinski Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Morgantown, W. Va., : West Virginia University Press, 2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
Disciplina: 829.3
Soggetto topico: Law and literature - History - 19th century
Law, Germanic - History
Epic poetry, English (Old) - Criticism, Textual
Homicide in literature
Anglo-Saxons in literature
Note generali: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 2003.
"This study considers the influence of nineteeth-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
Titolo autorizzato: Ancient privileges  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-935978-33-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779180203321
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Serie: Medieval European studies ; ; 6.