Stefan Jurasinski (State University College, Brockport, New York), Lisi Oliver (Louisiana State University)

Gebundenes Buch

The Laws of Alfred

Beschreibung

King Alfred's domboc ('book of laws'), the most ambitious legal text of the Anglo-Saxon period, combines translated biblical laws with Alfred's own ordinances and those of the early West-Saxon King Ine. This edition and commentary - the first in over a century - will interest all students of English history and law.

Autor

Stefan Jurasinski is Professor of English at State University College, Brockport, New York. He is the author of The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law (Cambridge, 2015) and, with R. D. Fulk, The Old English Canons of Theodore (2012). With Andrew Rabin, he edited Languages of the Law in Early Medieval England: Essays in Memory of Lisi Oliver.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Legal History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 836g
• ISBN-13: 9781108840903
• ISBN-10: 1108840906
• Artikelnr.: 61936720