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Ancient Privileges: Beowulf, Law, and the Making of Germanic Antiquity - Medieval European Studies Series Stefan Jurasinski 1st edition
Ancient Privileges: Beowulf, Law, and the Making of Germanic Antiquity - Medieval European Studies Series
Stefan Jurasinski
Recounts how the work of nineteenth-century legal historians influenced the editing of Old English texts, most notably Beowulf, in ways that are still preserved in our editions. This situation has been a major contributor to the archaizing of Beowulf.
193 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 21, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780937058985 |
| Publishers | West Virginia University Press |
| Pages | 193 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 12 mm · 303 g |
| Language | English |