The Body Legal in Barbarian Law

Lisi Oliver (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2022
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-4770-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Lisi Oliver is Greater Houston Alumni Chapter Endowed Alumni Professor in the Department of English at Louisiana State University.

Image List

Introduction

Barbarian Laws in Context
Process and Procedure
The Head
Torso, Arms and Legs
Hands and Feet
Insult and Injury
Gender Differentiation
Assault by Rant
Summary

Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	19.08.2022
Reihe/Serie	Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Zusatzinfo	30 b&w illustrations, 13 b&w maps, 27 b&w tables
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4875-4770-6 / 1487547706
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-4770-7 / 9781487547707
Zustand	Neuware