{"product_id":"bonds-of-secrecy-9780812251616","title":"Bonds of Secrecy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Saltzman’s book is impressive in its range, compelling in its argument, and significant in its contribution. I twill undoubtedly remain a touchstone for scholarship on early medieval notions of agency, interiority, and legal identity for a long time to come.\" * Speculum *\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly original, \u003ci\u003eBonds of Secrecy\u003c\/i\u003e reveals something that has been hidden in plain sight throughout a wide variety of texts and makes a significant impact on our understanding of historical and narrative motivations. Benjamin A. Saltzman succeeds in clearing away presentist mental furniture to reveal what secrecy meant to Anglo-Saxons who understood it to be inseparable from divine omniscience.\" * Leslie Lockett, The Ohio State University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Note on References and Translations\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. LAW\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Political Epistemology and Crimes of Concealment in Anglo-Saxon Law\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Secret Seized: Theft, Death, and Testimony\u003cbr\u003e PART II. SPIRITUALITY\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Monastic Life and the Regulation of Secrecy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Making Space for Spiritual Secrecy\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Seeing in Secret: Saints, Hagiography, and the Ethics of Concealment and Discovery\u003cbr\u003e PART III. LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Binding Secrets, Solving Riddles\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Worldly Concealment, Divine Knowledge, and the Hermeneutics of Faith\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Reading Hidden Meaning: Between Interpretive Pride and Eschatological Humility\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737440891223,"sku":"9780812251616","price":52.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812251616.jpg?v=1723811199","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bonds-of-secrecy-9780812251616","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}