Council of the Isles

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council medieval governing body

The Council of the Isles was the governing body that administered the semi-independent maritime lordship ruled by the medieval Lords of the Isles in western Scotland.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Council of the Isles canonical	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	council ⓘ medieval governing body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Scottish Islands ⓘ surface form: Hebrides Lordship of the Isles ⓘ West of Scotland ⓘ surface form: western Scotland
associatedWith	Clan Donald ⓘ Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
composedOf	clan chiefs ⓘ ecclesiastical figures ⓘ leading nobles of the Isles ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
governedBy	Lord of the Isles ⓘ surface form: Lords of the Isles
governedFrom	Finlaggan ⓘ Islay ⓘ
governedTerritoryType	archipelagic territories ⓘ maritime lordship ⓘ
hasFunction	administration of maritime territories ⓘ advising the Lord of the Isles ⓘ coordination of military obligations ⓘ judicial authority ⓘ regulation of succession and landholding ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	aristocratic council ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus	semi-independent ⓘ
hasRole	administration of the Lordship of the Isles ⓘ governance ⓘ
historicalRegion	Gaelic-Scandinavian maritime world ⓘ
historicalSignificance	example of semi-autonomous governance within medieval Scotland ⓘ
influencedBy	Gaelic legal traditions ⓘ Norse maritime traditions ⓘ
locatedIn	Scottish Islands ⓘ surface form: Hebrides Scottish Islands ⓘ surface form: Isles of Scotland western seaboard of Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Gaelic Scotland political structures ⓘ Lordship of the Isles ⓘ
politicalNature	feudal ⓘ maritime ⓘ
relatedTo	Highlands and Islands ⓘ Scottish crown ⓘ surface form: Scottish Crown
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subordinateTo	Lord of the Isles ⓘ surface form: Lords of the Isles
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
usedLanguage	Latin ⓘ Middle English ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Council of the Isles
Description of subject: The Council of the Isles was the governing body that administered the semi-independent maritime lordship ruled by the medieval Lords of the Isles in western Scotland.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord of the Isles → governanceCenter → Council of the Isles ⓘ

Clan MacDonald of Islay → governedBy → Council of the Isles ⓘ