The Body Legal in Barbarian Law

Lisi Oliver

Published by University of Toronto Press 2011

The Body Legal in Barbarian Law

Lisi Oliver

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442661929

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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.

Author / Editor information

Oliver Lisi :

Lisi Oliver is Greater Houston Alumni Chapter Endowed Alumni Professor in the Department of English at Louisiana State University.

Reviews

Matthias Ammon:
’Intriguing book...The Body Legal in Barbarian Law is like an (unmutilated)body itself: pleasingly structured on the outside and hiding a lot of intricate workings under the skin.’

Andrew Rabin, Department of English, University of Louisville:
Few scholars have the range or expertise to integrate historical, literary, and linguistic evidence as successfully as Lisi Oliver. She has done an important service to historians with The Body Legal in Barbarian Law which provides a rich, erudite argument for how local practice can be understood within the context of broader, cross-cultural trends and customs. This significant contribution to our understanding of medieval law will reframe the debate on many controversial topics in early legal history.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations, Maps, and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Barbarian Laws in Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
2. Process and Procedure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. The head Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
4. Torso, arms, and Legs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
5. Hands and feet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
6. Insult and injury Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
7. Assaults against women Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
8. Assaults according to rank (nobles and King’s servants, freedmen, slaves, Clerics, foreigners) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
9. Summary: A review of What Personal Injury Tariffs Have Told Us about Transmission of Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 320

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Published: December 31, 2011
ISBN: 9781442661929