Choosing the Avenger: Some Aspects of the Bloodfeud in Medieval Iceland and England

The late King Hamlet's ghost and þorgerð have similar problems. Both want to oblige someone to take action on behalf of a corpse. And both enlist the aid of part of that corpse or its facsimile in their efforts. Old Hamlet's ghost must busy himself about this matter because he was murdered...

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Published in:Law and History Review
Main Author: Miller, William Ian
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1983
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Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/743849
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.2307/743849 2024-05-19T07:42:40+00:00 Choosing the Avenger: Some Aspects of the Bloodfeud in Medieval Iceland and England Miller, William Ian 1983 http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/743849 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0738248000004715 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Law and History Review volume 1, issue 2, page 159-204 ISSN 0738-2480 1939-9022 journal-article 1983 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.2307/743849 2024-04-25T06:51:45Z The late King Hamlet's ghost and þorgerð have similar problems. Both want to oblige someone to take action on behalf of a corpse. And both enlist the aid of part of that corpse or its facsimile in their efforts. Old Hamlet's ghost must busy himself about this matter because he was murdered, and in such a fashion that his body showed no sign of foul play. Clearly, before he can charge someone to avenge him he must announce that there is something to avenge. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Cambridge University Press Law and History Review 1 2 159 204
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