Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 297 pages)
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maps
ISBN:
9781442680531
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1442680539
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1282014455
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9781282014459
Serie:
Toronto medieval texts and translations 14
Inhalt:
Updates previous works with current scholarship in the fields of linguistics and social and legal history to present new editions and translations of these three Kentish pre-Alfredian laws, each situated within its historical, literary, and legal context
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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"Contents"; "Preface"; "Acknowledgments"; "Map of early Anglo-Saxon England"; "1 Background"; "An outline of the history leading up to Ã?thelberht's reign"; "Historical background to Ã?thelberht's laws"; "Ã?thelberht, Augustine, and the conversion of Kent"; "The role of kingship and Christianity in the promulgation of law"; "The manuscript"; "Archaic traces in the language of the laws"; "Orthography"; "Phonology"; "Morphology"; "Syntax"; "Word division"; "The question of dating"; "Remnants of oral transmission"
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"Chronological layering of Ã?thelberht's laws""2 The Laws of Ã?thelberht"; "Notes on the edition"; "Editorial conventions"; "Edition and translation"; "Commentary"; "Monetary system"; "Rubric"; "The church and the public assembly"; "The king"; "Fines payable to an eorl"; "Fines payable to a freeman"; "Freedmen"; "Theft"; "Killing"; "Rihthamscyld"; "Personal injury"; "Women and children"; "Servants"; "Slaves"; "3 The Laws of HloÃ?here & Eadric"; "Historical background"; "Some notes on the language"; "Archaisms"; "Modernizations"
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Dialect featuresAbbreviations -- Edition and translation -- Commentary -- Rubric and prologue -- Fines -- Legal responsibilities in hospitality -- The process of bringing a charge -- The regulation of commerce -- Oath supporters -- 4 The Laws of Wihtred -- Historical background -- Some notes on the language -- Archaisms -- Modernizations -- Dialect features -- Edition and translation -- Commentary -- Rubric and prologue -- Rights of the church -- Unlawful matrimony -- Abuses by ecclesiastics -- Manumission
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"Transgressing the laws of the church""Exculpation"; "Theft"; "Conclusion"; "Appendix I: Diplomatic Transcription"; "Appendix II: Comparison of Restitution According to Amount in Ã?thelberht"; "Appendix III: Comparison of Restitution According to Status in Ã?thelberht"; "Appendix IV: Payment to the King for Disturbance of the Peace"; "Notes"; "Glossary"; "A"; "B"; "C"; "D"; "E"; "F"; "G"; "H"; "I"; "M"; "N"; "O"; "P"; "R"; "S"; "T"; "U"; "W"; "Y"; "Concordance of proper names"
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Previous editions and translations of the Kentish lawsBibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y
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Annotated edition of the early Kentish laws, with facing page translation and commentary
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0802035353
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Oliver, Lisi Beginnings of English law Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2002 ISBN 9780802035356
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
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Rechtswissenschaft
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