Witnesses to the Witan? Some Unrecognized Legislative Idioms in Old English Verse.
The article focuses on how Old English poetry provides overlooked insights into the legal and legislative practices of pre-Conquest England. Topics include the depiction of witan assemblies in verse, the contrast between poetic evidence and prevailing legal scholarship, and the reassessment of how r...
| Published in: | Studies in Philology Vol. 122; no. 2; pp. 131 - 156 |
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University of North Carolina Press
Spring2025
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