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Author
Title
The beginnings of English law / Lisi Oliver.
Published
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
KD542 .O45 2002
ISBN
0802035353 (alk. paper)
Description
xiv, 297 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48803694
Note
Annotated edition of the early Kentish laws, with facing page translation and commentary.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-275) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Map of early Anglo-Saxon England
2
1.
Background
3
An outline of the history leading up to AEthelberht's reign
3
Historical background to AEthelberht's laws
8
AEthelberht, Augustine, and the conversion of Kent
8
The role of kingship and Christianity in the promulgation of law
14
The manuscript
20
Archaic traces in the language of the laws
25
Orthography
26
Phonology
27
Morphology
29
Syntax
30
Word division
34
The question of dating
34
Remnants of oral transmission
34
Chronological layering of AEthelberht's laws
41
2.
The Laws of AEthelberht
52
Notes on the edition
52
Editorial conventions
53
Edition and translation
59
Commentary
82
Monetary system
82
Rubric
83
The church and the public assembly
83
The king
85
Fines payable to an eorl
89
Fines payable to a freeman
89
Freedmen
91
Theft
93
Killing
96
Rihthamscyld
97
Personal injury
99
Women and children
105
Maidens
106
Women
109
Widows
111
Servants
114
Slaves
116
3.
The Laws of Hlophere & Eadric
117
Historical background
117
Some notes on the language
120
Archaisms
121
Modernizations
122
Dialect features
122
Abbreviations
123
Edition and translation
125
Commentary
134
Rubric and prologue
134
Fines
135
Legal responsibilities in hospitality
138
The process of bringing a charge
139
The regulation of commerce
141
Oath supporters
144
4.
The Laws of Wihtred
147
Historical background
147
Some notes on the language
148
Archaisms
148
Modernizations
149
Dialect features
149
Edition and translation
151
Commentary
164
Rubric and prologue
164
Rights of the church
166
Unlawful matrimony
167
Abuses by ecclesiastics
168
Manumission
169
Transgressing the laws of the church
170
Exculpation
174
Theft
177
Conclusion
180
Appendix I
Diplomatic Transcription
181
Appendix II
Comparison of Restitution According to Amount in AEthelberht
195
Appendix III
Comparison of Restitution According to Status in AEthelberht
199
Appendix IV
Payment to the King for Disturbance of the Peace
201
Notes
203
Glossary
235
Concordance of proper names
249
Previous editions and translations of the Kentish laws
251
Bibliography
257
Index
277