Choosing the Avenger: Some Aspects of the Bloodfeud in Medieval Iceland and England
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Law and History Review
- Vol. 1 (2) , 159-204
- https://doi.org/10.2307/743849
Abstract
The late King Hamlet's ghost and þorgerð have similar problems. Both want to oblige someone to take action on behalf of a corpse. And both enlist the aid of part of that corpse or its facsimile in their efforts. Old Hamlet's ghost must busy himself about this matter because he was murdered, and in such a fashion that his body showed no sign of foul play. Clearly, before he can charge someone to avenge him he must announce that there is something to avenge.Keywords
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