Body Legal in Barbarian Law

Klappentext By applying the techniques of linguistic anthropology to the pre-history of medicine, anatomical knowledge, and law, Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value, physiological function, psychological worth, and social significance. Zusammenfassung By applying the techniques of linguistic anthropology to the pre-history of medicine! anatomical knowledge! and law! Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value! physiological function! psychological worth! and social significance.

Product details

• Authors: Lisi Oliver, Oliver
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.04.2011
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9780802097064
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9706-4
• Pages: 320
• Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon; Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon