Body Legal in Barbarian Law (Paperback)

The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes. These laws include tables of fines for personal injury, designed to offer a legal, non-violent alternative to blood feud. Using these personal injury tariffs, The Body Legal in Barbarian Law examines a variety of issues, including the interrelationships between victims, perpetrators, and their families; the causes and results of wounds inflicted in daily life; the methods, successes, and failures of healing techniques; the processes of individual redress or public litigation; and the native and borrowed developments in the various 'barbarian' territories as they separated from the Roman Empire. By applying the techniques of linguistic anthropology to the pre-history of medicine, anatomical knowledge, and law, Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value, physiological function, psychological worth, and social significance.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2011
Authors:	Lisi Oliver
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-1-4875-4770-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	1-4875-4770-6
Barcode:	9781487547707

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