A raven's battle-cry : : the limits of judgment in the medieval Irish legal tract Anfuigell / / by Charlene M. Eska.

• Superior document: Medieval Law and Its Practice ; Volume 27
• VerfasserIn: Eska, Charlene M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019]; 2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval law and its practice ; Volume 27.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page /; Dedication /; Acknowledgements /; Abbreviations /; Plates /; Introduction /; Summary of the Text /; Manuscript Sources /; Concordances /; Editorial Method /; Notes on Dating and Orthography /; Anfuigell: Text, Variants, Commentary, and Translation /; Back Matter --; Text and Commentary from Source C [CIH 167.30-38] /; Commentary from § 32 Source T [CIH 1169.19-1170.15] /; Commentary from § 51 Source T [CIH 1178.34-1180.11] /; List of Variant MS Readings against CIH /; Regarding Aidbred 'Claiming' /; O'Davoren's Glossay numbers 862(3) and CIH 1452.11-24 /; Glossary /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004391983
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Charlene M. Eska.

In A Raven's Battle-cry Charlene M. Eska presents a critical edition and translation of the previously unpublished medieval Irish legal tract Anfuigell .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.