Kings
What a king had to be, what he could not do, and who came after him.
The Case of Tanistry draftWho inherits land: the eldest son, or the most worthy man of the kin?- The King and the AxeA king takes up an axe and does a day’s work with his own hands. What becomes of his honour-price?
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.
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