The body legal in barbarian law / Lisi Oliver.

Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, [2011]

©2011

KJ806 .O43 2011

9780802097064 (alk. paper)
0802097065 (alk. paper)

xv, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

(OCoLC)671530722

"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."--Pub. desc.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.

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