The body legal in barbarian law:
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Beteilige Person: Oliver, Lisi (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Toronto [Ont.] University of Toronto Press c2011 (2012)
Schriftenreihe:Toronto Anglo-Saxon series 9
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-283) and index
Barbarian Laws in Context -- Process and Procedure -- The Head -- Torso, Arms and Legs -- Hands and Feet -- Insult and Injury -- Assaults against Women -- Assaults According to Rank (Nobles and King's Servants, Freedmen, Slaves, Clerics, Foreigners) -- Summary: a Review of What Personal Injury Tariffs Have Told Us about Transmission of Law
"The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes. These laws include tables of fines for personal injury, designed to offer a legal, non-violent alternative to blood feud. Using these personal injury tariffs, The Body Legal in Barbarian Law examines a variety of issues, including the interrelationships between victims, perpetrators, and their families; the causes and results of wounds inflicted in daily life; the methods, successes, and failures of healing techniques; the processes of individual redress or public litigation; and the native and borrowed developments in the various 'barbarian' territories as they separated from the Roman Empire
By applying the techniques of linguistic anthropology to the pre-history of medicine, anatomical knowledge, and law, Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value, physiological function, psychological worth, and social significance."--Pub. desc
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 304 p.)
ISBN:1442661925
9781442661929