Excommunication and Outlawry in the Legal World of Medieval Iceland

This book focuses on excommunication, outlawry, and the connections between them in medieval Icelandic legal and literary sources. It argues that outlawry was a punishment shaped by the conventions and structures of excommunication as it developed in canon law.

Info autore

Elizabeth Walgenbach, Ph.D. (2016), Yale University, is a post-doctoral researcher at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. Her work focuses on medieval canon law in the north, and she has published articles on medieval Icelandic law, religion, and manuscripts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elizabeth Walgenbach
• Editore: Brill
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.2021
• EAN: 9789004460911
• ISBN: 978-90-04-46091-1
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 238 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 410 g
• Serie: Northern World
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo