"An ald reht" : essays on anglo-saxon law / Carole Hough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hough, Carole, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law, Anglo-Saxon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together thirteen essays on aspects of the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England. They represent a programme of research carried out over the last twenty years, offering important insights into the operation of English law from its beginnings in the sixth century through to its preservation in manuscripts dating from the tenth to early twelfth centuries. Part I begins with an overview of the legal corpus, followed by a discussion of the relationship between secular and eccle...

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; 1.LEGAL AND DOCUMENTARY WRITINGS; 2.PENITENTIAL LITERATURE AND SECULARLAW IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND; 3.WOMEN AND THE LAW IN SEVENTH-CENTURYENGLAND; PART II; 4.THE STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH SOCIETYIN THE SEVENTH CENTURY; 5.TWO KENTISH LAWS CONCERNING WOMEN; 6.THE WIDOW'S MUND IN ÆTHELBERHT75 AND 76*; 7.THE EARLY KENTISH "DIVORCE LAWS"; 8.A REAPPRAISAL OF ÆTHELBERHT 84; 9.A RECONSIDERATION OF INE, CH. 23; 10.ALFRED'S DOMBOCAND THE LANGUAGE OF RAPE; 11.A NEW READING OF ALFRED, CH. 26; PART III

12.PALAEOGRAPHICAL EVIDENCEFOR THE COMPILATION OF TEXTUS ROFFENSIS113.NUMBERS IN MANUSCRIPTSOF ANGLO-SAXON LAW; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 23, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5917-6

OCLC:

877038753