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Subject(s)

• Law, Anglo-Saxon—Sources [Browse]
• Law—England—Sources [Browse]
• Christianity and law [Browse]
• Common law—History—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, English (Old) [Browse]
• Anglo-Saons—Kings and rulers [Browse]
• English language [Browse]
• Law—Great Britain—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Law—Great Britain—History—Sources [Browse]
• English language—Old English, ca. 450-1100—Texts [Browse]
• Anglo-Saxons—Kings and rulers [Browse]

Series

• Toronto medieval texts and translations ; 14. [More in this series]
• Toronto medieval texts and translations ; 14 [More in this series]

Summary note

• Annotated edition of 7th century Kentish laws, with facing page translation and commentary.
• Updates previous works with current scholarship in the fields of linguistics and social and legal history to present new editions and translations of these three Kentish pre-Alfredian laws, each situated within its historical, literary, and legal context.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-275) and index.

Contents

• 1. Background
• 2. The laws of Æthelberht
• 3. The laws of Hloþhere & Eadric
• 4. The laws of Wihtred
• App I. Diplomatic transcription
• App II. Comparison of restitution according to amoung in Æthelberht
• App III. Comparison of restitution according to status in Æthelberht
• App IV. Payment to the King for disturbance of the peace.
• Background
• An outline of the history leading up to Ã?thelberht's reign
• Historical background to Ã?thelberht's laws
• Ã?thelberht, Augustine, and the conversion of Kent
• The role of kingship and Christianity in the promulgation of law
• The manuscript
• Archaic traces in the language of the laws
• Orthography
• Phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Word division
• The question of dating
• Remnants of oral transmissionChronological layering of Ã?thelberht's laws2 The Laws of Ã?thelberht
• Notes on the edition
• Editorial conventions
• Edition and translation
• Commentary
• Monetary system
• Rubric
• The church and the public assembly
• The king
• Fines payable to an eorl
• Fines payable to a freeman
• Freedmen
• Theft
• Killing
• Rihthamscyld
• Personal injury
• Women and children
• Servants
• Slaves
• 3 The Laws of HloÃ?here & Eadric
• Historical background
• Some notes on the language
• Archaisms
• ModernizationsDialect featuresAbbreviations
• Rubric and prologue
• Fines
• Legal responsibilities in hospitality
• The process of bringing a charge
• The regulation of commerce
• Oath supporters
• 4 The Laws of Wihtred
• Modernizations
• Dialect features
• Rights of the church
• Unlawful matrimony
• Abuses by ecclesiastics
• ManumissionTransgressing the laws of the churchExculpation
• Conclusion
• Appendix I: Diplomatic Transcription
• Appendix II: Comparison of Restitution According to Amount in Ã?thelberht
• Appendix III: Comparison of Restitution According to Status in Ã?thelberht
• Appendix IV: Payment to the King for Disturbance of the Peace

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ISBN

• 0802035353 ((acid-free paper))
• 9780802035356 ((acid-free paper))
• 9781442614833 ((pbk.))
• 1442614838 ((pbk.))

LCCN

2003269033

OCLC

48803694

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