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Studies in Legal History: The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law
Stefan Jurasinski
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Description for Studies in Legal History: The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law
hardcover. This is the first book-length study of the four penitentials composed in Old English. Series: Studies in Legal History. Num Pages: 247 pages, 3 b/w illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Some of the earliest examples of medieval canon law are penitentials - texts enumerating the sins a confessor might encounter among laypeople or other clergy and suggesting means of reconciliation. Often they gave advice on matters of secular law as well, offering judgments on the proper way to contract a marriage or on the treatment of slaves. This book argues that their importance to more general legal-historical questions, long suspected by historians but rarely explored, is most evident in an important (and often misunderstood) subgroup of the penitentials: composed in Old English. Though based on Latin sources - principally those ... Read more
Some of the earliest examples of medieval canon law are penitentials - texts enumerating the sins a confessor might encounter among laypeople or other clergy and suggesting means of reconciliation. Often they gave advice on matters of secular law as well, offering judgments on the proper way to contract a marriage or on the treatment of slaves. This book argues that their importance to more general legal-historical questions, long suspected by historians but rarely explored, is most evident in an important (and often misunderstood) subgroup of the penitentials: composed in Old English. Though based on Latin sources - principally those ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Studies in Legal History
Condition
New
Weight
496g
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107083417
SKU
V9781107083417
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99-14
About Stefan Jurasinski
Stefan Jurasinski is Associate Professor of English at the College at Brockport, State University of New York. His work has appeared in Law and History Review, the Journal of Legal History, the Review of English Studies, and other periodicals. He is the co-editor of The Old English Canons of Theodore (with R. D. Fulk, 2012), which won the Publication Prize ... Read more
Reviews for Studies in Legal History: The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law
'This stimulating and original book makes use of the Old English Penitentials to examine important aspects of Anglo-Saxon legal, social, and religious culture. The Old English Penitentials diverge significantly from their Latin sources, and the specific divergences may indicate ecclesiastical attitudes in Anglo-Saxon England. Particularly interesting are the book's discussions of the laws of marriage and of slavery. The volume ... Read more