Audun and the polar bear : luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business / / by William I. Miller.
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| Superior document: | Medieval law and its practice, v. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English Old Norse |
| Series: | Medieval law and its practice ;
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| Physical Description: | xi, 155 p. |
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| 130 | 0 | |a Auunar {acute}attr vestfirzka. |l English. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Audun and the polar bear |h [electronic resource] : |b luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business / |c by William I. Miller. |
| 260 | |a Leiden ; |a Boston : |b Brill, |c 2008. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 155 p. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Medieval law and its practice, |x 1873-8176 ; |v v. 1 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Some technical matters : dates, origin, versions -- The story of Audun from the Westfjords (Audun's story) -- The commitment to plausibility -- Helping Thorir and buying the bear -- Dealing with King Harald -- Giving the bear to Svein : the interests in the bear -- Saying no to kings -- Eggs in one basket and market value -- Rome : self-impoverishment and self-confidence -- Repaying the bear -- Back to Harald : the yielding of accounts -- Audun's luck -- Richness and risk -- -- Motives -- Gaming the system : gift-ref -- Regiving and reclaiming gifts -- Relevant law -- Serious scarcity, self-interest and Audun's mother -- In the gift vs. in on the gift -- Gifts upward : repaying by receiving and funny money -- The obligation to accept -- Giving up and down hierarchies : of god(s), beggars, and equals -- Nadad and Abihu : sacrifice, caprice, and binding god and kings -- Funny money that is not so funny -- Of free and closing gifts -- Coda : the whiteness of the bear. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
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