An edition of Audun and the polar bear (2008)

Audun and the polar bear

luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business

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Audun and the polar bear
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Brill
Language
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Pages
155

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Subjects

Sources, Sagas, Scandinavian Law, Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka, Law, scandinavia, Geschenk (Motiv), Rechtsgegenstand

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Table of Contents

Introduction
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.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Leiden, Boston
Series
Medieval law and its practice -- v. 1
Genre
Sources.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
839/.63
Library of Congress
PT7288.A8 E5 2008, PT7288.A8E5 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
155

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OL16774033M
ISBN 13
9789004168114
LCCN
2008014093
OCLC/WorldCat
221960444
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6569213

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