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
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Sumario: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 brutality of the Norse world to discover a complex interplay of ordering and disordering impulses. Miller's unique and engaging readings of ancient Iceland's sagas and extensive legal code reconstruct and illuminate the society that produced them. People in the saga world negotiated a maze of violent
Descripción Física:1 online resource (407 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226526829
0226526828
1282089927
9781282089921
9786612089923
661208992X

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