Honour, Exchange and Violence in Beowulf by Peter S. Baker
Honour, Exchange and Violence in Beowulf

Peter S. Baker

Honour, Exchange and Violence in Beowulf

Peter S. Baker

279 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

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This book examines violence in its social setting, and especially as an essential element in the heroic system of exchange (sometimes called the Economy of Honour). It situates Beowulf in a northern European culture where violence was not stigmati...

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