Excommunication and outlawry in the legal world of medieval Iceland / by Elizabeth Walgenbach.
2021
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Title
Excommunication and outlawry in the legal world of medieval Iceland / by Elizabeth Walgenbach.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Description
1 online resource (xi, 178 pages).
Series
Northern world ; v. 92.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Excommunication
Outlawry
Outlawry as secular excommunication
Excommunication and outlawry in Sturla Þórðarson's Íslendinga saga
Stories of Aron Hjǫrleifsson, outlaw and pilgrim
Conclusion.
Excommunication
Outlawry
Outlawry as secular excommunication
Excommunication and outlawry in Sturla Þórðarson's Íslendinga saga
Stories of Aron Hjǫrleifsson, outlaw and pilgrim
Conclusion.
Summary
"In this book Elizabeth Walgenbach argues that outlawry in medieval Iceland was a punishment shaped by the conventions of excommunication as it developed in the medieval Church. Excommunication and outlawry resemble one another, often closely, in a range of Icelandic texts, including lawcodes and narrative sources such as the contemporary sagas. This is not a chance resemblance but a by-product of the way the law was formed and written. Canon law helped to shape the outlines of secular justice. The book is organized into chapters on excommunication, outlawry, outlawry as secular excommunication, and two case studies-one focused on the conflicts surrounding Bishop Guðmundr Arason and another focused on the outlaw Aron Hjǫrleifsson"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Yale University, 2016) issued under title: Outlawry as secular excommunication in medieval Iceland, 1150-1350.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 8, 2024).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Walgenbach, Elizabeth. Excommunication and outlawry in the legal world of medieval Iceland Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
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Language
English
ISBN
9004461469 electronic book
9789004461468 (electronic book)
9789004460911 hardcover
9789004461468 (electronic book)
9789004460911 hardcover
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