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Charlene M. Eska presents in this book a critical edition and translation of a newly discovered early Irish legal text on lost and stolen property, Aidbred. Although the Old Irish text itself is fragmentary, the copious accompanying commentaries provide a wealth of legal, historical, and linguistic information, thus presenting us with a complete picture of the legal procedures involved in reclaiming missing property.
This book also includes editions of two other texts concerning property found on land, Heptad 64, and at sea, Muirbretha. The three texts edited together provide a complete picture of this aspect of the early Irish legal system.
This book also includes editions of two other texts concerning property found on land, Heptad 64, and at sea, Muirbretha. The three texts edited together provide a complete picture of this aspect of the early Irish legal system.
Price: $194.00
Pages: 444
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Medieval Law and Its Practice
Publication Date:
14 July 2022
ISBN: 9789004512849
Format: Hardcover
"Finally, the author is to be commended for her meticulous editorial work. Despite the brevity of what remains of the Old Irish tract of Aidbred, no fewer than twenty-one textual witnesses are found, and each has been carefully collated, described, transcribed, and translated with a wealth of textual and linguistic notes. The same high standard of editing is carried through for Heptad §64 and Muirbretha. This book will serve as a role model for ensuing editions of medieval Irish legal texts."
Fangzhe Qiu (University College Dublin) in Speculum 99/3 (July 2024)
Fangzhe Qiu (University College Dublin) in Speculum 99/3 (July 2024)
Charlene M. Eska, Ph.D. (2006), in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, is a Professor in the Department of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Her publications focus on medieval Irish legal texts and manuscripts, including Cáin Lánamna: An Old Irish Tract on Marriage and Divorce Law (Brill, 2010) and A Raven’s Battle-Cry: The Limits of Judgment in the Medieval Irish Legal Tract Anfuigell (Brill, 2019).