English law before Magna Carta : Felix Liebermann and Die gesetze der angelsachsen / edited by Stefan Jurasinski, Lisi Oliver, and Andrew Rabin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jurasinski, Stefan.

Oliver, Lisi.

Rabin, Andrew.

Series:

Medieval law and its practice ; v. 8.

Medieval law and its practice, 1873-8176 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liebermann, F. (Felix), 1851-1925.

Liebermann, F.

Magna Carta.

Gesetze der Angelsachsen.

Law, Anglo-Saxon.

Law--England--History.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Felix Liebermann’s Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903-1916) remains the single most important contribution to the study of early English law. This volume marks the Gesetze’s centenary by bringing together original essays by an international group of leading scholars specializing in medieval legal culture. The essays address not only Liebermann’s life and legacy, but also major issues in the study of early law, including the relationship between Old English legal and penitential texts, the provenance of early English legal manuscripts, the composition and dating of pre-Magna Carta legislation, and the nature of Anglo-Saxon and Norman legal practice and procedure. This collection provides an essential assessment of the current state of early legal studies as well as a roadmap for future work. Contributors are Hideyuki Arimitsu, Rebecca Brackmann, Daniela Fruscione, R.D. Fulk, Thomas Gobbitt, Janelle Greenberg, John Hudson, Stefan Jurasinski, Nicholas Karn, T.B. Lambert, Andrew Rabin, Mary P. Richards, Richard Sharpe, and Jürg Rainer Schwyter.

Contents:

Felix Liebermann and Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen / Andrew Rabin

Felix Liebermann : a selected bibliography / Daniela Fruscione

Liebermann's intellectual milieu / Daniela Fruscione

The Liebermann library in Tokyo / Hideyuki Arimitsu

L1 interference in the editing process : Felix Liebermann, the Gesetze and the German language / Jürg Rainer Schwyter

Localizing and dating old English anonymous prose, and how the Inherent problems relate to Anglo-Saxon legislation / Robert D. Fulk

The dating of quadripartitus again / Richard Sharpe

The old English penitentials and the law of slavery / Stefan Jurasinski

Athelred in Felix Liebermann's Die gesetze der angelsachsen and in the mise-en page of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College / Thom Gobbitt

I-II Cnut : Wulfstan's summa? / Mary P. Richards

Royal protections and private justice : a reassessment of Cnut's' reserved pleas' / T. B. Lambert

Ritual magic or legal performance? Reconsidering an old English charm against theft / Andrew Rabin

Rethinking the Leges Henrici Primi / Nicholas Karn

From the Leges to Glanvill : legal expertise and legal reasoning / John Hudson

Laurence Nowell's old English legal glossary and his study of Quadripartitus / Rebecca Brackmann

"St. Edward's Ghost" : the cult of St. Edward and his laws in English history / Janelle Greenberg.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-12673-7

9786613126733

90-04-18757-X

OCLC:

731647032

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004187566.i-330 DOI