Ancient privileges [[electronic resource] ] : Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity / / by Stefan Jurasinski
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Jurasinski Stefan
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| Titolo: |
Ancient privileges [[electronic resource] ] : Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity / / by Stefan Jurasinski
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-935978-33-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779180203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Medieval European studies ; ; 6.