{"product_id":"the-laws-of-alfred-the-domboc-and-the-making-of-anglo-saxon-law-paperback-softback-9781108744379","title":"The Laws of Alfred; The Domboc and the Making of Anglo-Saxon Law (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108744379","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Laws of Alfred\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Domboc and the Making of Anglo-Saxon Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first critical edition of Alfred the Great's domboc ('book of laws') in over a century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStefan Jurasinski (Author), Lisi Oliver (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108744379, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 1.125 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A reliable and richly annotated text suitable for both the seasoned historian of early medieval Britain and the student reader. … This is a remarkable volume, without which no shelf of early medieval European history or legal history will be complete.' Roy Flechner, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlfred the Great's domboc ('book of laws') is the longest and most ambitious legal text of the Anglo-Saxon period. Alfred places his own laws, dealing with everything from sanctuary to feuding to the theft of bees, between a lengthy translation of legal passages from the Bible and the legislation of the West-Saxon King Ine (r. 688–726), which rival his own in length and scope. This book is the first critical edition of the domboc published in over a century, as well as a new translation. Five introductory chapters offer fresh insights into the laws of Alfred and Ine, considering their backgrounds, their relationship to early medieval legal culture, their manuscript evidence and their reception in later centuries. Rather than a haphazard accumulation of ordinances, the domboc is shown to issue from deep reflection on the nature of law itself, whose effects would permanently alter the development of early English legislation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I.: 1. The emergence of written law in early England\u003cbr\u003e 2. Legal erudition in seventh- and ninth-century Wessex\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reshaping tradition: oaths, ordeals, and the 'innovations' of the domboc\u003cbr\u003e 4. The transmission of the domboc: old English manuscripts and other early witnesses\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reception, editorial history, and interpretative legacies\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Editions: 6. Rubrics in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MSS 173 and 383\u003cbr\u003e 7. Alfred's prologue\u003cbr\u003e 8. The laws of Alfred\u003cbr\u003e 9. The laws of Ine\u003cbr\u003e Appendix I: handlist of prior editions\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Legal history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Legal history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Legal%20history%20%5BLAZ%5D%22\"\u003eLAZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453526503704,"sku":"9781108744379","price":22.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108744379i.jpg?v=1785285802","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-laws-of-alfred-the-domboc-and-the-making-of-anglo-saxon-law-paperback-softback-9781108744379","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}