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Ancient privileges: Beowulf, law and the making of Germanic antiquity
Stefan Jurasinski
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Frontmatter
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ABBREVIATIONS (page VII)
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PREFACE (page IX)
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INTRODUCTION: "THE FORESTS OF GERMANY": LEGAL HISTORY AND THE INHERITANCE OF PHILOSOPHY (page 1)
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JAKOB GRIMM, LEGAL FORMALISM, AND THE EDITING OF BEOWULF (page 23)
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"PUBLIC LAND," GERMANIC EGALITARIANISM, AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY (page 49)
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THE ECSTASY OF VENGENCE: NINETEENTH-CENTURY GERMANISM AND THE FINN EPISODE (page 79)
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FEOHLEAS GEFEOHT: ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE AND THE HRETHEL EPISODE (page 113)
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CONCLUSIONS: LAW AND THE ARCHAISM OF BEOWULF (page 149)
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WORKS CITED (page 157)
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Published: 2006
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
- 9780937058985 (paper)
- 9781935978336 (ebook)