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130 0 _aAu�unar ��attr vestfirzka.
_lEnglish.
245 1 0 _aAudun and the polar bear
_h[electronic resource] :
_bluck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /
_cby William I. Miller.
260 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2008.
300 _axi, 155 p.
490 1 _aMedieval law and its practice,
_x1873-8176 ;
_vv. 1
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.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
630 0 0 _aAu�unar ��attr vestfirzka.
650 0 _aLaw, Scandinavian
_vSources.
650 0 _aSagas.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aMiller, William Ian,
_d1946-
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aMedieval law and its practice ;
_vv. 1.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10363893
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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