Honour
The law of honour-price, and what could be done to it.
The Poet’s Warning draftA lord will not pay what he owes. When may a poet lawfully turn to satire?
The King Who Was Satirised and PraisedA poet satirises a king, and then makes a praise-poem for him. Is the king’s honour still harmed?
Words used
- lóg n-enech: The sum a person was owed if wronged or insulted, fixed by their rank. It measured their legal standing as well as their worth: a person with none of their own had no standing in law.
The wider machinery is in How the law worked.
Cases are listed in the order of the book. Each case page says where it comes from.