The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law

The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law PDF Author: Stefan Jurasinski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107083419
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253

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Book Description
This is the first book-length study of the four penitentials composed in Old English. This book argues that they are also important to our understanding of how written law developed in early England. This book considers their backgrounds and shows how they illuminate obscure passages in better-known Old English texts.