The Legal Code of Aelfred the Great - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1584773928 ISBN 13: 9781584773924

Casa editrice: Lawbook Exchange Ltd, 2026

Riassunto

The preparation of a separate edition of Alfred s Legal Code is due to the conviction that the nature of this work rendered desirable its consideration from a literary point of view. Philologically also its existence in one very old manuscript gives it among A nglo-S axon Law-B ooks a peculiar value. But its chief claim to special consideration rests upon its authors great significance in A nglo-S axon Literature. King Alfred sliterary tastes and occupations strongly colour this work; indeed in the Introduction the lawgiver is plainly supplanted by the man of letters, who, even in the actual laws, often presses close to the view. To prepare this monument for a place among JE lfred sliterary works is the object of the present edition. The last edition from the Mss. (T horpe s, 1840) gave Erather inaccurately. We print from our own copies E, B, and the fragments Ot and Bu. The parts of the Vulgate used by M. in his introduction are given parallel to Ms. E. Besides the Bibliography and description and examination of the Manuscripts, with a discussion of the sources of Lambarde stext, an attempt is made to elucidate the literary characteristics of the work, to define the position of the laws called I nes in it, and, as well as may be, to ascertain the probable date of its publication. Although our citations are, with few exceptions, independent, yet the Bibliography owes a considerable debt to Professor Walker s Grundriss zur Oesohichte der Angelsftchsischen Litteratur ,as must every work of this kind in the department of A nglo-S axon. Furthermore, the consideration of the order of JE.
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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Lawbook Exchange Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1584773928
• ISBN 13: 9781584773924
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 147
• Redattore: Turk Milton Haight Ph.D., Alfred
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Germania