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Author Oliver, Lisi

Title The beginnings of English law / Lisi Oliver
Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) : maps
Series Toronto medieval texts and translations ; 14
Toronto medieval texts and translations ; 14.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Map of early Anglo-Saxon England""; ""1 Background""; ""An outline of the history leading up to Ã?thelberht's reign""; ""Historical background to Ã?thelberht's laws""; ""Ã?thelberht, Augustine, and the conversion of Kent""; ""The role of kingship and Christianity in the promulgation of law""; ""The manuscript""; ""Archaic traces in the language of the laws""; ""Orthography""; ""Phonology""; ""Morphology""; ""Syntax""; ""Word division""; ""The question of dating""; ""Remnants of oral transmission""
""Chronological layering of Ã?thelberht's laws""""2 The Laws of Ã?thelberht""; ""Notes on the edition""; ""Editorial conventions""; ""Edition and translation""; ""Commentary""; ""Monetary system""; ""Rubric""; ""The church and the public assembly""; ""The king""; ""Fines payable to an eorl""; ""Fines payable to a freeman""; ""Freedmen""; ""Theft""; ""Killing""; ""Rihthamscyld""; ""Personal injury""; ""Women and children""; ""Servants""; ""Slaves""; ""3 The Laws of HloÃ?here & Eadric""; ""Historical background""; ""Some notes on the language""; ""Archaisms""; ""Modernizations""
Dialect featuresAbbreviations -- Edition and translation -- Commentary -- Rubric and prologue -- Fines -- Legal responsibilities in hospitality -- The process of bringing a charge -- The regulation of commerce -- Oath supporters -- 4 The Laws of Wihtred -- Historical background -- Some notes on the language -- Archaisms -- Modernizations -- Dialect features -- Edition and translation -- Commentary -- Rubric and prologue -- Rights of the church -- Unlawful matrimony -- Abuses by ecclesiastics -- Manumission
""Transgressing the laws of the church""""Exculpation""; ""Theft""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix I: Diplomatic Transcription""; ""Appendix II: Comparison of Restitution According to Amount in Ã?thelberht""; ""Appendix III: Comparison of Restitution According to Status in Ã?thelberht""; ""Appendix IV: Payment to the King for Disturbance of the Peace""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Concordance of proper names""
Previous editions and translations of the Kentish lawsBibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y
Summary 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 situated within its historical, literary, and legal context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Annotated edition of the early Kentish laws, with facing page translation and commentary
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Subject Law, Anglo-Saxon -- Translations into English
Law -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
Law -- Great Britain -- History -- Sources
Law -- England -- Kent -- History -- Sources
Common law -- History -- Sources
Christianity and law.
English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Texts.
Anglo-Saxons -- Kings and rulers.
Manuscripts, English (Old)
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
HISTORY -- Medieval.
Anglo-Saxons -- Kings and rulers
Christianity and law
Common law
English language -- Old English
Law
Law, Anglo-Saxon
Manuscripts, English (Old)
Recht
Wetboeken.
Oudengels.
England -- Kent
Great Britain
England
Genre/Form Electronic books
Early works
History
Sources
Texts
Translations
Quelle.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442680531
1442680539
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