Senchas Már

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Senchas Már is an early medieval Irish legal text that forms a central part of the Brehon law tradition, preserving and systematizing native Gaelic legal customs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brehon law text
Old Irish text
early medieval Irish legal text
legal compilation
associatedWithRuler High King Loegaire mac Néill (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED
associatedWithSaint Saint Patrick (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED
compiledIn early Christian period in Ireland
countryOfOrigin Ireland
dateOfComposition 7th century
describes clientship (céilsine)
compensation for injury
contract law
family law
fosterage rules
honour-price (lóg n-enech)
land tenure
native Gaelic legal customs
property law
status law
sureties and guarantees
developedFrom earlier oral legal tradition
followsLegalTradition Gaelic customary law
hasComponent Bretha Crólige NERFINISHED
Bretha Déin Chécht
Bretha Nemed NERFINISHED
Cethairshlicht Athgabála NERFINISHED
Cáin Adomnáin (in some recensions) NERFINISHED
Cáin Aicillne NERFINISHED
Cáin Fhuithirbe NERFINISHED
Cáin Lánamna NERFINISHED
Cáin Éimíne NERFINISHED
Córus Bésgnai NERFINISHED
Di Chetharslicht Athgabála NERFINISHED
Uraicecht Becc NERFINISHED
Uraicecht na Ríar NERFINISHED
hasFeature extensive glosses and commentaries by later jurists
hasGenre law code
hasLanguage Latin glosses
Old Irish NERFINISHED
hasPurpose reconciliation of native law with Christian teaching
systematization of Irish customary law
hasTitleInEnglish Great Tradition NERFINISHED
influenced later medieval Irish legal practice
legalSystem Brehon law NERFINISHED
partOf Brehon law tradition NERFINISHED
preservedIn Book of Aicill tradition NERFINISHED
medieval Irish manuscripts
regionOfFocus early medieval Ireland
studiedInDiscipline Celtic studies
legal history

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Brehon law codifiedIn Senchas Már