Lebor Na Cert: Book of Rights - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1870166469 ISBN 13 : 9781870166461

Editeur : Irish Texts Society, 1962

Synopsis

Irish Texts Society. Volume XLVI. 1962. 194 S.; Kt. Originalleinen. Gebraucht, aber sehr gut erhalten. - Aus dem Nachlass von Michael Richter. Mit Namensstempel auf Vorsatz. - INTRODUCTION -- LEBOR NA CERT -- APPENDIX A. Timna Chathair Mair -- APPENDIX B. Tables of Stipends and Tributes -- INDEX OF PLACES AND PEOPLES. // Lebor na Cert, `the Book of Rights`, purports to record the rights of the Irish kings, the king of Ireland, the provincial kings, and the tribal kings within each province. These rights are stated in terms of tributes due from the tribes to the provincial king, and of stipends due from the king of Ireland to the provincial kings and from them to the kings of tribes. As in the Book of Invasions, the record is put into verse, so that the text consists, for the most part, of a collection of poems. Normally the poem is introduced by a prose summary of its contents, which usually ends with an attribution to St. Benignus. The Book of Rights was long regarded as an authoritative source for the study of Irish history, a tenth-century recension of earlier originals. It was associated with the name of Cormac mac Cuilen-nain, and even the invocation of St. Benignus as the prime author was taken seriously. In recent years the tendency has been rather to cast doubt upon its authenticity and to question the early date supposed; and it has been shown that there is no valid reason for assuming a date earlier than the middle of the eleventh century for the original work. The text is, however, of considerable interest, and O`Donovan`s edition, now more than a hundred years old, is unsatisfactory and long since out of print. This new edition, based upon all the vellum manuscripts, is an attempt to provide a satisfactory text and translation, and to assess the value of the Book of Rights as an historical document. (Vorwort)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Irish Texts Society
• Date d'édition: 1962
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1870166469
• ISBN 13: 9781870166461
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 223
• Éditeur: Dillon Myles
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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