Audun and the polar bear
Subtitle: luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business
By: by William I. Miller.
Contributors: Miller, William Ian, 1946-
Series: Medieval law and its practice -- v. 1
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9789004168114
Subjects: Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka; Law, Scandinavian -- Sources; Sagas
Genres: Sources.
Work titles: Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka. English
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Some technical matters : dates, origin, versions : the story of Audun from the Westfjords (Audun's story); title: The commitment to plausibility; title: Helping Thorir and buying the bear; title: Dealing with King Harald; title: Giving the bear to Svein : the interests in the bear; title: Saying no to kings; title: Eggs in one basket and market value; title: Rome : self-impoverishment and self-confidence; title: Repaying the bear; title: Back to Harald : the yielding of accounts; title: Audun's luck; title: Richness and risk; title: Motives; title: Gaming the system : gift-ref; title: Regiving and reclaiming gifts; title: Relevant law; title: Serious scarcity, self-interest and Audun's mother; title: In the gift vs. in on the gift; title: Gifts upward : repaying by receiving and funny money; title: The obligation to accept; title: Giving up and down hierarchies : of god(s), beggars, and equals; title: Nadad and Abihu : sacrifice, caprice, and binding god and kings; title: Funny money that is not so funny; title: Of free and closing gifts; title: Coda : the whiteness of the bear.