Land and book : literature and land tenure in Anglo-Saxon England / / Scott Thompson Smith
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| Autore: |
Smith Scott Thompson
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| Titolo: |
Land and book : literature and land tenure in Anglo-Saxon England / / Scott Thompson Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012 |
| ©2012 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 829/.093553 |
| Soggetto topico: | Land tenure in literature |
| Land tenure - England - History - To 1500 | |
| Land tenure - Law and legislation - England - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | England |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: The Terms of Possession -- 1 The most Solemn Instrument -- 2 Storied Land -- 3 Tenure in Translation -- 4 The Anglo-Saxon chronicle as Dynastic Landbook -- 5 Poetic Possession -- Conclusion: The Question of Limits. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Land and Book places a variety of texts in a dynamic conversation with the procedures and documents of land tenure, showing how its social practice led to innovation across written genres in both Latin and Old English. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Land and book |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-6609-9 |
| 1-4426-6444-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811205703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; ; 13.