The Body Legal in Barbarian Law

ISBN: 9781442661929 出版年：2011 页码：323 Oliver, Lisi University of Toronto Press

By applying the techniques of linguistic anthropology to the pre-history of medicine, anatomical knowledge, and law, Lisi Oliver has produced a remarkable study that sheds new light on early Germanic conceptions of the body in terms of medical value, physiological function, psychological worth, and social significance.