| Ancient Laws and Institutes of England: Volume 2, Containing the Ecclesiastical Laws: Comprising Laws Enacted Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings from Aethelb Contributor(s): Thorpe, Benjamin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1139177419 ISBN-13: 9781139177412 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Law | Reference |
| Dewey: 348.4 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published for the Record Commissioners in 1840, this two-volume work remains a standard source for scholars of Anglo-Saxon and early Norman legal history. Benjamin Thorpe (1781?-1870) was a respected and prolific scholar and translator of Old English, whose publications in the field earned him a civil list pension in 1835. Trained in Copenhagen under Rasmus Rask, Thorpe advocated a scientific approach to philology, and this is reflected in the thoroughness of the notes, commentary, and concordance appended to the sources reprinted here. In Volume 2, the ecclesiastical laws from the seventh to the tenth centuries are reproduced in the original languages. There is a parallel translation of the Anglo-Saxon text, although the original sources in Latin remain untranslated. This volume also contains a comprehensive glossary to both parts of the book. |
