Audun and the polar bear luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /
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| Format: | Elektronski eKnjiga |
| Jezik: | angleščina stara nordijščina |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Serija: | Medieval law and its practice ;
v. 1. |
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| Online dostop: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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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.