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ANCIENT PRIVILEGES
BEOWULF, LAW, AND THE MAKING OF GERMANIC ANTIQUITY |
| By: |
Stefan Jurasinski |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£41.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
093705898X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780937058985 |
| Publisher: |
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 April, 2006 |
| Series: |
Medieval European Studies Series |
| Pages: |
193 |
| Description: |
Recounts how the work of nineteenth-century legal historians influenced the editing of Old English texts, most notably Beowulf, in ways that are still preserved in our editions. This situation has been a major contributor to the archaizing of Beowulf. |
| Synopsis: |
One of the great triumphs of nineteenth-century philology was the development of the wide array of comparative data that underpins the grammars of the Old Germanic dialects, such as Old English, Old Icelandic, Old Saxon, and Gothic. These led to the reconstruction of Common Germanic and Proto-Germanic languages. Many individuals have forgotten that scholars of the same period were interested in reconstructing the body of ancient law that was supposedly shared by all speakers of Germanic. Stefan Jurasinski's Ancient Privileges: Beowulf, Law, and the Making of the Germanic Antiquity recounts how the work of nineteenth-century legal historians actually influenced the editing of Old English texts, most notably Beowulf, in ways that are still preserved in our editions. This situation has been a major contributor to the archaizing of Beowulf. In turn, Jurasinski's careful analysis of its assumptions in light of contemporary research offers a model for scholars to apply to a number of other textual artifacts that have been affected by what was known as the historische Rechtsschule. At the very least, it will change the way you think about Beowulf. |
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US |
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West Virginia University Press |
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Returnable |
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