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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Miller, William Ian, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Old Norse
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Medieval law and its practice ; v. 1.
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Online Access:Texto completo