The laws of Alfred: the Domboc and the making of Anglo-Saxon law

Alfred the Great's domboc ('book of laws') is the longest and most ambitious legal text of the Anglo-Saxon period. Alfred places his own laws, dealing with everything from sanctuary to feuding to the theft of bees, between a lengthy translation of legal passages from the Bible and the...

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Hauptverfasser: Jurasinski, Stefan 1976- (VerfasserIn), Oliver, Lisi 1951-2015 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Jurasinski, Stefan
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Old English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Studies in legal history
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Zusammenfassung:Alfred the Great's domboc ('book of laws') is the longest and most ambitious legal text of the Anglo-Saxon period. Alfred places his own laws, dealing with everything from sanctuary to feuding to the theft of bees, between a lengthy translation of legal passages from the Bible and the legislation of the West-Saxon King Ine (r. 688-726), which rival his own in length and scope. This book is the first critical edition of the domboc published in over a century, as well as a new translation. Five introductory chapters offer fresh insights into the laws of Alfred and Ine, considering their backgrounds, their relationship to early medieval legal culture, their manuscript evidence and their reception in later centuries. Rather than a haphazard accumulation of ordinances, the domboc is shown to issue from deep reflection on the nature of law itself, whose effects would permanently alter the development of early English legislation
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-466) and indexes
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 472 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781108881708
DOI:10.1017/9781108881708

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