Wergild, Compensation and Penance

The Monetary Logic of Early Medieval Conflict Resolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers the first comprehensive account of the monetary logic of early medieval conflict resolution embodied in the payment of wergild or blood money, showing how wergild developed a multifaceted role in legal society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 162mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9789004315105
• ISBN-10: 9004315101
• Artikelnr.: 61541690

Autorenporträt

Lukas Bothe is a research associate at Freie Universität, Berlin. His research focuses on the Lex Ribuaria and the functionality of monetary fines. Stefan Esders is professor of late antique and early medieval history at Freie Universität, Berlin. His research interests include early medieval law and legislation, the impact of Roman law in the post-Roman era and medieval legal pluralism. Han Nijdam is project leader for Old Frisian at the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden. He writes on medieval Frisian law and historical anthropology of medieval Frisia.