Bloodtaking and peacemaking : feud, law, and society in Saga Iceland /
Dubbed by the New York Times as "one of the most sought-after legal academics in the county," William Ian Miller presents the arcane worlds of the Old Norse studies in a way sure to attract the interest of a wide range of readers. Bloodtaking and Peacemaking delves beneath the chaos and br...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©1990.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=277320 |
| Summary: | Dubbed by the New York Times as "one of the most sought-after legal academics in the county," William Ian Miller presents the arcane worlds of the Old Norse studies in a way sure to attract the interest of a wide range of readers. Bloodtaking and Peacemaking delves beneath the chaos and brutality of the Norse world to discover a complex interplay of ordering and disordering impulses. Miller's unique and engaging readings of ancient Iceland's sagas and extensive legal code reconstruct and illuminate the society that produced them. People in the saga world negotiated a maze of violent |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (407 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226526829 0226526828 1282089927 9781282089921 9786612089923 661208992X 0226526798 9780226526799 0226526801 9780226526805 |