{"product_id":"bloodtaking-and-peacemaking-william-ian-miller-9780226526805","title":"Bloodtaking and Peacemaking: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland","description":"Dubbed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"one of the most sought-after legal academics in the county,\" William Ian Miller presents the arcane worlds of the Old Norse studies in a way sure to attract the interest of a wide range of readers. \u003ci\u003eBloodtaking and Peacemaking\u003c\/i\u003e delves beneath the chaos and brutality of the Norse world to discover a complex interplay of ordering and disordering impulses. Miller's unique and engaging readings of ancient Iceland's sagas and extensive legal code reconstruct and illuminate the society that produced them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople in the saga world negotiated a maze of violent possibility, with strategies that frequently put life and limb in the balance. But there was a paradox in striking the balance--one could not get even without going one better. Miller shows how blood vengeance, law, and peacemaking were inextricably bound together in the feuding process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book offers fascinating insights into the politics of a stateless society, its methods of social control, and the role that a uniquely sophisticated and self-conscious law played in the construction of Icelandic society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Illuminating.\"--Rory McTurk, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An impressive achievement in ethnohistory; it is an amalgam of historical research with legal and anthropological interpretation. What is more, and rarer, is that it is a pleasure to read due to the inclusion of narrative case material from the sagas themselves.\"--Dan Bauer, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Ian Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226526801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226526805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.09w x 0.93d","brand":"William Ian Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946345169151,"sku":"9780226526805","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_864c8d36-5dbf-4a7a-90a3-3949701f946d.jpg?v=1681512617","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bloodtaking-and-peacemaking-william-ian-miller-9780226526805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}