The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law

The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9781107083417
ISBN-13 : 1107083419
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Download or read book The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law written by Stefan Jurasinski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length study of the four penitentials composed in Old English. This book argues that they are also important to our understanding of how written law developed in early England. This book considers their backgrounds and shows how they illuminate obscure passages in better-known Old English texts.


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