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The beginnings of English law / Lisi Oliver.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oliver, Lisi.
- Series:
- Toronto medieval texts and translations ; 14.
- Toronto medieval texts and translations ; 14
- Language:
- English
- English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
- Subjects (All):
- Law, Anglo-Saxon--Translations into English.
- Law, Anglo-Saxon.
- Law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Law.
- Law--Great Britain--History--Sources.
- Law--England--Kent--History--Sources.
- Common law--History--Sources.
- Common law.
- Christianity and law.
- English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Texts.
- English language.
- Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers.
- Anglo-Saxons.
- Manuscripts, English (Old).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 297 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- Annotated edition of the early Kentish laws, with facing page translation and commentary.
- Summary:
- The laws of Æthelbert of Kent (ca. 600), Hlohere and Eadric (685x686), and Wihtred (695), are the earliest laws from Anglo-Saxon England, and the first Germanic laws written in the vernacular. They are of unique importance as the only extant early medieval English laws that delineate the progress of law and legal language in the early days of the conversion to Christianity. Æthelbert's laws, the closest existing equivalent to Germanic law as it was transmitted in a pre-literate period, contrast with Hlohere and Eadric's expanded laws, which concentrate on legal procedure and process, and again contrast with the further changed laws of Wihtred which demonstrate how the new religion of Christianity adapted and changed the law to conform to changing social mores.This volume updates previous works with current scholarship in the fields of linguistics and social and legal history to present new editions and translations of these three Kentish pre-Alfredian laws. Each body of law is situated within its historical, literary, and legal context, annotated, and provided with facing-page translation.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Map of early Anglo-Saxon England
- 1. Background
- 2. The Laws of Æthelberht
- 3. The Laws of Hlophere & Eadric
- 4. The Laws of Wihtred
- Appendix I: Diplomatic Transcription
- Appendix II: Comparison of Restitution According to Amount in Æthelberht
- Appendix III: Comparison of Restitution According to Status in Æthelberht
- Appendix IV: Payment to the King for Disturbance of the Peace
- Notes
- Glossary
- Concordance of proper names
- Previous editions and translations of the Kentish laws
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Annotated edition of the early Kentish laws, with facing page translation and commentary.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-6922-5
- 1-4426-8053-9
- OCLC:
- 1013944192
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