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Audun and the polar bear : luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /

"Audun's Story is the tale of an Icelandic farmhand who buys a polar bear in Greenland for no other reason than to give it to the Danish king, half a world away. It can justly be listed among the finest pieces of short fiction in world literature. Terse in the best saga style, it spins a s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Miller, William Ian, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Old Norse
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Colección:Medieval law and its practice ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo