Audun and the polar bear [electronic resource] : luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business / by William I. Miller.
Contributor(s): Miller, William Ian | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Medieval law and its practice: v. 1.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008Description: xi, 155 p.Uniform titles: Au�unar ��attr vestfirzka. English. Subject(s): Au�unar ��attr vestfirzka | Law, Scandinavian -- Sources | SagasGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 839/.63 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index.
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.
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