Ancient privileges : Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity / by Stefan Jurasinski.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Jurasinski, Stefan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Morgantown, W. Va. : West Virginia University Press, 2006.
Edition:	1st edition.
Series:	Medieval European studies ; 6.
Subjects:	Beowulf > Editing. Beowulf > Criticism, Textual. Beowulf 1800-1899 Law and literature > History > 19th century. Law, Germanic > History. Epic poetry, English (Old) > Criticism, Textual. Homicide in literature. Anglo-Saxons in literature. Anglo-Saxons in literature Editing Epic poetry, English (Old) Homicide in literature Law and literature Law, Germanic Criticism, interpretation, etc. History

Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Medieval European Studies Series Page
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction: â€œThe Forests Of Germanyâ€?: Legal History and the Inheritance of Philology
Law and Philology
Jakob Grimm, Legal Formalism and the Editing of Beowulf
Formulas as Criteria for Textual Emendation
Anathemas, Charters and Cursed Gold
Conclusion
â€œPublic Land, â€? Germanic Egalitarianism, and Nineteenth-century Philology
Folcland and the Folcscaru
Folcland after Kemble
Post-Vinogradoff Discussions
Conclusions
The Ecstasy of Vengeance: Nineteenth-century Germanism and the Finn EpisodeNineteenth-Century Views of the Bloodfeud
The Sacred Duty of Revenge
The Nineteenth-century Legacy
Conclusion
Feohleas Gefeoht: Accidental Homicide and the Hrethel Episode
Later Developments
The Nature of Accident
The Legislative Background of the Hrethel Episode
Concluding Remarks
Conclusions Law and the Archaism of Beowulf
Works Cited
Index
Back Cover

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