{"product_id":"ancient-privileges-stefan-jurasinski-9780937058985","title":"Ancient Privileges: Beowulf, Law, and Themaking of Germanic Antiquity Volume 6","description":"One of the great triumphs of nineteenth-century philology was the development of the wide array of comparative data that underpins the grammars of the Old Germanic dialects, such as Old English, Old Icelandic, Old Saxon, and Gothic. These led to the reconstruction of Common Germanic and Proto-Germanic languages. Many individuals have forgotten that scholars of the same period were interested in reconstructing the body of ancient law that was supposedly shared by all speakers of Germanic. Stefan Jurasinski's \u003ci\u003eAncient Privileges: Beowulf, Law, and the Making of the Germanic Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e recounts how the work of nineteenth-century legal historians actually influenced the editing of Old English texts, most notably \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, in ways that are still preserved in our editions. This situation has been a major contributor to the archaizing of \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e. In turn, Jurasinski's careful analysis of its assumptions in light of contemporary research offers a model for scholars to apply to a number of other textual artifacts that have been affected by what was known as the historische Rechtsschule. At the very least, it will change the way you think about \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Jurasinski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 093705898X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780937058985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.39w x 0.49d","brand":"Stefan Jurasinski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120443486463,"sku":"9780937058985","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71dba74a-53da-4d33-8e81-7ae4a550aa79.jpg?v=1687414341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-privileges-stefan-jurasinski-9780937058985","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}