Law and Legal Culture in Anglo-Saxon England I
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Medieval-Renaissance Faculty Workshop, Univ. of Louisville
Organizer Name
Andrew Rabin
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Louisville
Presider Name
Paul Hyams
Presider Affiliation
Cornell Univ.
Paper Title 1
The Abbess, The King, His Charter, Her Convent: Religious Women and the Law in the Eighth Century
Presenter 1 Name
Andrew Rabin
Paper Title 2
The Prologue to Alfred's Laws: Aims and Sources
Presenter 2 Name
Stefan Jurasinski
Presenter 2 Affiliation
SUNY-Brockport
Paper Title 3
The Development of West Saxon Legal Language
Presenter 3 Name
Lisi Oliver
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Louisiana State Univ.
Start Date
10-5-2013 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1330
Description
This session forms part of the on-going reevaluation of the present state of the study of Anglo-Saxon law which began with the celebration of the centenary of Felix Liebermann's Gesteze der Angelsachsen. Recognizing the extent to which our understanding of early law has changed over the last century, the purpose of this session is to bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines to discuss new ways of understanding pre-Conquest legal culture. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): royal legislation, legal manuscripts, law in/and literature, legal procedure, charters and diplomatics, writs and wills, dispute resolution, theories of law and justice, perceptions of early law in later periods, law in/and art. The last few years have witnessed the most extensive reconsideration of Old English law since Liebermann himself, and this session offers an important opportunity to discuss the progress and publicize the research taking place in this field.
Andrew Rabin
Law and Legal Culture in Anglo-Saxon England I
Schneider 1330
This session forms part of the on-going reevaluation of the present state of the study of Anglo-Saxon law which began with the celebration of the centenary of Felix Liebermann's Gesteze der Angelsachsen. Recognizing the extent to which our understanding of early law has changed over the last century, the purpose of this session is to bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines to discuss new ways of understanding pre-Conquest legal culture. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): royal legislation, legal manuscripts, law in/and literature, legal procedure, charters and diplomatics, writs and wills, dispute resolution, theories of law and justice, perceptions of early law in later periods, law in/and art. The last few years have witnessed the most extensive reconsideration of Old English law since Liebermann himself, and this session offers an important opportunity to discuss the progress and publicize the research taking place in this field.
Andrew Rabin