A raven's battle-cry
Subtitle: the limits of judgment in the medieval Irish legal tract Anfuigell
By: by Charlene M. Eska
Series: Medieval law and its practice -- volume 27; Medieval law and its practice -- v. 27.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9789004342644
Subjects: Law; History; Manuscripts; Irish language; Texts
Description: Charlene M. Eska presents a critical edition and translation of the previously unpublished medieval Irish legal tract 'Anfuigell'. Although the Old Irish text itself is fragmentary, the copious accompanying commentaries provide a wealth of legal, historical, and linguistic information not found elsewhere in the medieval Irish legal corpus. 'Anfuigell' contains a wide range of topics relating to the role of the judge in deciding difficult cases, including kingship, raiding, poets, shipwreck, marriage, fosterage, divorce, and contracts relating to land and livestock.
Notes: Translated from the Irish, Old (to 1100).

Includes bibliographical references and index.