'Ge mid wedde ge mid aðe': the functions of oath and pledge in Anglo-Saxon legal culture.
This article analyses the Old English terms for 'pledge-giving' within the context of Anglo-Saxon law codes and related material such as charters and wills by means of a contextual analysis of the occurrences of such terms. It argues for the centrality of the concept to Anglo- Saxon legal interactio...
| Publicado en: | Historical Research Vol. 86; no. 233; pp. 515 - 536 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2013
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