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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés Old Norse |
Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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Series: | Medieval law and its practice ;
v. 1. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |