Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Backgrounds
- 1 The Emergence of Written Law in Early England
- 2 Legal Erudition in Seventh- and Ninth-century Wessex
- 3 Reshaping Tradition: Oaths, Ordeals, and the “Innovations” of the Domboc
- 4 The Transmission of the Domboc: Old English Manuscripts and Other Early Witnesses
- 5 Reception, Editorial History, and Interpretative Legacies
- Part II Editions
- Appendix: Handlist of Prior Editions
- Bibliography
- Topical Index to the Laws of Alfred and Ine
- Index Nominum et Rerum
5 - Reception, Editorial History, and Interpretative Legacies
from Part I - Backgrounds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Backgrounds
- 1 The Emergence of Written Law in Early England
- 2 Legal Erudition in Seventh- and Ninth-century Wessex
- 3 Reshaping Tradition: Oaths, Ordeals, and the “Innovations” of the Domboc
- 4 The Transmission of the Domboc: Old English Manuscripts and Other Early Witnesses
- 5 Reception, Editorial History, and Interpretative Legacies
- Part II Editions
- Appendix: Handlist of Prior Editions
- Bibliography
- Topical Index to the Laws of Alfred and Ine
- Index Nominum et Rerum
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- The Laws of AlfredThe <I>Domboc</I> and the Making of Anglo-Saxon Law, pp. 146 - 174Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021