Bloodtaking and peacemaking : feud, law, and society in Saga Iceland /

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Dubbed by the New York Times as "one of the most sought-after legal academics in the county," William Ian Miller presents the arcane worlds of the Old Norse studies in a way sure to attract the interest of a wide range of readers. Bloodtaking and Peacemaking delves beneath the chaos and br...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, William Ian, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1990.
Temas:
Customary law > Iceland.
Kinship (Law) > Iceland.
Sagas.
Jurisprudence
Parenté (Droit) > Islande.
Droit coutumier > Islande.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Customary law
Kinship (Law)
Sagas
Iceland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Spelling; Prologue; 1 Introduction: The Institutional Setting and the Ranks of Persons; 2 Making Sense of the Sources; 3 Some Aspects of the Economy: The Problem of Negotiating and Classifying Exchanges; 4 Householding Patterns; 5 The Bonds of Kinship; 6 Feud, Vengeance, and the Disputing Process; 7 Law and Legal Process; 8 Peacemaking and Arbitration; Concluding Observations; Abbreviations; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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