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Die Monografie widmet sich der literatur-, form- und gattungsgeschichtlichen Untersuchung des umfangreichsten in altaramäischer Sprache erhaltenen weisheitlichen Spruchkorpus. Die Papyri, auf denen sich die Sammlung in ihrer ältesten Traditionsstufe erhalten hat, wurden zu Begin…
Wills and will-making in Anglo-Saxon England
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Wills and will-making in Anglo-Saxon England
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Type: Book
A study of the implications and practices of wills and will-making in Anglo-Saxon society, and of the varieties of inheritance strategies and commemorative arrangements adopted.
A remarkable series of Anglo-Saxon wills have survived, spanning the period from the beginning of the ninth century to the years immediately following the Norman Conquest. Written in Old English, they reflect the significance of the vernacular, not only in royal administration d…