Lords' Rights and Peasant Stories : Writing and the Formation of Tradition in the Later Middle Ages /

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This book suggests rethinking master narratives about transitions from oral to literate societies, examining how village laws (Weistümer) were written down.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teuscher, Simon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Law, Germanic.
Feudal law.
Customary law.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Law, Germanic > History > To 1500.
Feudal law > Switzerland > History > To 1500.
Customary law > Switzerland > History > To 1500.
Switzerland.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This book suggests rethinking master narratives about transitions from oral to literate societies, examining how village laws (Weistümer) were written down.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780812208818

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