000388728 000__ 02521cam\a2200421\a\4500 000388728 001__ 388728 000388728 005__ 20210513135456.0 000388728 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000388728 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000388728 008__ 080327s2008\\\\ne\\\\\\sb\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000388728 010__ $$z 2008014093 000388728 0167_ $$zB0810156$$2bccb 000388728 020__ $$z9789004168114 (hardback : alk. paper) 000388728 020__ $$z9004168117 (hardback : alk. paper) 000388728 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10363893 000388728 035__ $$a(OCoLC)647872702 000388728 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000388728 0411_ $$aeng$$hnon 000388728 043__ $$aev----- 000388728 05014 $$aPT7288.A8$$bE5 2008eb 000388728 08204 $$a839/.63$$222 000388728 1300_ $$aAuðunar þáttr vestfirzka.$$lEnglish. 000388728 24510 $$aAudun and the polar bear$$h[electronic resource] :$$bluck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /$$cby William I. Miller. 000388728 260__ $$aLeiden ;$$aBoston :$$bBrill,$$c2008. 000388728 300__ $$axi, 155 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000388728 4901_ $$aMedieval law and its practice,$$x1873-8176 ;$$vv. 1 000388728 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [147]-152) and index. 000388728 5050_ $$aSome technical matters : dates, origin, versions -- The story of Audun from the Westfjords (Audun's story) -- The commitment to plausibility -- Helping Thorir and buying the bear -- Dealing with King Harald -- Giving the bear to Svein : the interests in the bear -- Saying no to kings -- Eggs in one basket and market value -- Rome : self-impoverishment and self-confidence -- Repaying the bear -- Back to Harald : the yielding of accounts -- Audun's luck -- Richness and risk -- -- Motives -- Gaming the system : gift-ref -- Regiving and reclaiming gifts -- Relevant law -- Serious scarcity, self-interest and Audun's mother -- In the gift vs. in on the gift -- Gifts upward : repaying by receiving and funny money -- The obligation to accept -- Giving up and down hierarchies : of god(s), beggars, and equals -- Nadad and Abihu : sacrifice, caprice, and binding god and kings -- Funny money that is not so funny -- Of free and closing gifts -- Coda : the whiteness of the bear. 000388728 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000388728 63000 $$aAuðunar þáttr vestfirzka. 000388728 650_0 $$aLaw, Scandinavian$$vSources. 000388728 650_0 $$aSagas. 000388728 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000388728 7001_ $$aMiller, William Ian,$$d1946- 000388728 830_0 $$aMedieval law and its practice ;$$vv. 1. 000388728 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000388728 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10363893$$zOnline Access 000388728 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:388728$$pGLOBAL_SET 000388728 980__ $$aEBOOK 000388728 980__ $$aBIB 000388728 982__ $$aEbook 000388728 983__ $$aOnline