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The Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law:The Laws of Eastern Norway /
No full textThe Borgarthing Law and the Eidsivathing Law is dedicated to two closely linked medieval laws which were intended to cover adjacent legal provinces in eastern Norway, around and beyond the modern capital, Oslo. The core of this book consists of new translations of the two laws, based on the recent editions and translations into modern Norwegian by Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen and Magnus Rindal. Individual rules cover subjects such as Church rites, prohibitions, property, and payments, and shed light on medieval ideas relating to matters as diverse as disability, sexual relations, witchcraft, and forbidden foods. The volume contains a general introduction by Torgeir Landro and Bertil Nilsson, in addition to a translator's introduction by Lisa Collinson, summarizing in English some of the information on manuscripts and relevant linguistic studies outlined by Halvorsen and Rindal. The translated texts in English are also supplemented by footnotes, supplying key readings from the original, in some cases with significant variants from relevant manuscripts. With a commentary on the individual chapters after each translation, drawing on recent scholarship on medieval law, Church history, and other relevant historical fields, this book is an ideal resource for students and scholars of medieval Norwegian legal history
Lovtermen "svidda": metonymi og den europeiske kirkerettstradisjonen
Get PDFMatreglene fra middelalderens norske kristenretter har inngått som en del av argumentasjonen for angelsaksisk påvirkning. Tre av fire norske kristenretter inneholder et forbud mot å spise svidda, som etymologisk kan oversettes med ‘selvdødt’. Disse forbudene, som Absalon Taranger mente var inspirert av angelsaksiske lover, hadde angivelig en felles opprinnelse i Olav den hellige sin lovgivning. Taranger overså imidlertid at et kognitivt fenomen, metonymi, er utbredt både i norrøne og latinske kirkerettslige kilder, og bidrar til å komplisere oversettelsesarbeidet. Artikkelen viser at det skjuler seg to forskjellige kirkerettstradisjoner bak svidda-termen; en avklaring som snur Taranger sitt argument på hodet og i stedet bidrar til å undergrave teorien om en felles opprinnelse i Olavs kristenrett
Of Crossroads and Undercurrents: Ingemar Lindh's Practice of Collective Improvisation and Jerzy Grotowski
Get PDFIn this article Frank Camilleri discusses the historical and professional links between Ingemar Lindh and Jerzy Grotowski, with a specific focus on the nature and implications of their separate work on physical action. Lindh's practice, particularly his research on the ‘disinterested act’, is read in the context of Grotowski's ‘doing’ in Art as Vehicle. The individual work of the two practitioners on vocal and vibration techniques is seen as integral to their research on physical action. Frank Camilleri is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent and Artistic Director of Icarus Performance Project (Malta). He served as Academic Coordinator of Theatre Studies at the University of Malta from 2004 to 2008, and in 2007 co-founded Icarus Publishing Enterprise with Odin Teatret and the Grotowski Institute
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