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The beginnings of English law /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Old English |
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Toronto medieval texts and translations ;
14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""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""
- ""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""
- 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
- ""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""
- 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