TY - BOOK ID - 86095366 TI - Wergild, Compensation and Penance : The Monetary Logic of Early Medieval Conflict Resolution AU - Bothe, Lukas AU - Esders, Stefan AU - Nijdam, Han PY - 2021 VL - 31 SN - 18738176 SN - 9789004466128 9789004315105 9004315101 PB - Leiden; Boston : BRILL DB - UniCat KW - Anthropology KW - International Law KW - Legal History KW - Medieval History KW - Philosophy KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Dark Ages KW - History, Medieval KW - Medieval history KW - Medieval period KW - Middle Ages KW - World history, Medieval KW - World history KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - Medievalism KW - Renaissance KW - Law KW - Legal history KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Human beings KW - History KW - History and criticism KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86095366 AB - This volume offers the first comprehensive account of the monetary logic that guided the payment of wergild and blood money in early medieval conflict resolution. In the early middle ages, wergild played multiple roles: it was used to measure a person's status, to prevent and end conflicts, and to negotiate between an individual and the agents of statehood. This collection of interlocking essays by historians, philologists and jurists represents a major contribution to the study of law and society in Western Europe during the early Middle Ages. Contributors are Lukas Bothe, Warren Brown, Stefan Esders, Wolfgang Haubrichs, Paul Hyams, Tom Lambert, Ralph W. Mathisen, Rob Meens, Han Nijdam, Lisi Oliver, Harald Siems, Karl Ubl, and Helle Vogt. ER -