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_aAuunar {acute}attr vestfirzka. _lEnglish. |
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_aAudun and the polar bear _h[electronic resource] : _bluck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business / _cby William I. Miller. |
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_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c2008. |
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_aMedieval law and its practice, _x1873-8176 ; _vv. 1 |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aSome 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 | _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
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