Land and Book : Literature and Land Tenure in Anglo-Saxon England.
Smith, Scott Thompson.
Land and Book : Literature and Land Tenure in Anglo-Saxon England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (302 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Terms of Possession -- 1 The Most Solemn Instrument -- 2 Storied Land -- 3 Tenure in Translation -- 4 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Dynastic Landbook -- 5 Poetic Possession -- Conclusion: The Question of Limits -- Bibliography -- Index of Charters Cited -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Land and Bookplaces a variety of texts in a dynamic conversation with the procedures and documents of land tenure, showing how its social practice led to innovation across written genres in both Latin and Old English.
9781442664449
Land tenure in literature.
Land tenure-England-History-To 1500.
Land tenure-Law and legislation-England-History.
Electronic books.
PR179 L35 S658 2012
829/.093553
Land and Book : Literature and Land Tenure in Anglo-Saxon England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (302 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Terms of Possession -- 1 The Most Solemn Instrument -- 2 Storied Land -- 3 Tenure in Translation -- 4 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Dynastic Landbook -- 5 Poetic Possession -- Conclusion: The Question of Limits -- Bibliography -- Index of Charters Cited -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Land and Bookplaces a variety of texts in a dynamic conversation with the procedures and documents of land tenure, showing how its social practice led to innovation across written genres in both Latin and Old English.
9781442664449
Land tenure in literature.
Land tenure-England-History-To 1500.
Land tenure-Law and legislation-England-History.
Electronic books.
PR179 L35 S658 2012
829/.093553