UID:
almahu_9949702790002882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004466128
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9789004315105
Series Statement:
Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441149 31
Content:
This volume offers the first comprehensive account of the monetary logic that guided the payment of wergild and blood money in early medieval conflict resolution. In the early middle ages, wergild played multiple roles: it was used to measure a person's status, to prevent and end conflicts, and to negotiate between an individual and the agents of statehood. This collection of interlocking essays by historians, philologists and jurists represents a major contribution to the study of law and society in Western Europe during the early Middle Ages. Contributors are Lukas Bothe, Warren Brown, Stefan Esders, Wolfgang Haubrichs, Paul Hyams, Tom Lambert, Ralph W. Mathisen, Rob Meens, Han Nijdam, Lisi Oliver, Harald Siems, Karl Ubl, and Helle Vogt.
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Front Matter --
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Preliminary Material --
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Copyright page --
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Preface and Acknowledgments --
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Figures and Tables --
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Abbreviations --
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Contributors --
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Chapter 1 Wergild and the Monetary Logic of Early Medieval Conflict Resolution /
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Chapter 2 Observations Concerning the 'Wergild System': Explanatory Approaches, Effectiveness and Structural Deficits /
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Chapter 3 Monetary Fines, Penalties and Compensations in Late Antiquity /
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Chapter 4 Wergeld: The Germanic Terminology of Compositio and Its Implementation in the Early Middle Ages /
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Chapter 5 Wergild, Mund and Manbot in Early Anglo-Saxon Law /
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Chapter 6 Compensation, Honour and Idealism in the Laws of Æthelberht /
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Chapter 7 Wergild and Honour: Using the Case of Frisia to Build a Model /
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Chapter 8 Triplice Weregeldum: Social and Functional Status in the Lex Ribuaria /
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Chapter 9 Penance and Satisfaction: Conflict Settlement and Penitential Practices in the Frankish World in the Early Middle Ages /
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Chapter 10 The Limits of Government: Wergild and Legal Reforms under Charlemagne /
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Chapter 11 Wergild in the Carolingian Formula Collections /
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Chapter 12 The Kin's Collective Responsibility for the Payment of Man's Compensation in Medieval Denmark /
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Chapter 13 Concluding Thoughts from England and the 'Western Legal Tradition' /
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Back Matter --
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Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Wergild, Compensation and Penance : The Monetary Logic of Early Medieval Conflict Resolution. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2021 ISBN 9789004315105
Language:
English
Keywords:
Konferenzschrift
