The body legal in barbarian law
"The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes. These laws include tables of fines for personal injury, designed to offer a legal, non-violent alternative to blood feud. Using these personal injury tariffs, The Body Legal in Barbarian Law examines...
| Основен автор: | Oliver, Lisi. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
℗♭2011
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| Серия: |
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ;
9. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=682830 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Body Legal in Barbarian Law. |
| Резюме: |
"The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes. These laws include tables of fines for personal injury, designed to offer a legal, non-violent alternative to blood feud. Using these personal injury tariffs, The Body Legal in Barbarian Law examines a variety of issues, including the interrelationships between victims, perpetrators, and their families; the causes and results of wounds inflicted in daily life; the methods, successes, and failures of healing techniques; the processes of individual redress or public litigation; and the native and borrowed developments in the various 'barbarian' territories as they separated from the Roman Empire. By applying the techniques of linguistic anthropology to the pre-history of medicine, anatomical knowledge, and law, Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value, physiological function, psychological worth, and social significance."--Pub. desc. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps, digital file. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781442661929 1442661925 |