Audun and the polar bear luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /

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Korporativna značnica: ebrary, Inc
Drugi avtorji: Miller, William Ian, 1946-
Format: Elektronski eKnjiga
Jezik:angleščina
stara nordijščina
Izdano: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Serija:Medieval law and its practice ; v. 1.
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Kazalo:
  • 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.