Cáin Lánamna

Charlene M. Eska, Ph.D. (2006) in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Her recent publications focus on marriage and divorce in early Irish law.

• CONTENTSAcknowledgements … xiPreface … xiiiAbbreviations … xvGrammatical Abbreviations … xviIrish Law Tracts Cited in this Volume … xviiIntroduction … 1Legal Introduction … 3The Structure of Early Irish Society … 3The Law of Marriage in Medieval Wales and Anglo-SaxonEngland … 30Manuscript Introduction … 35Relationship of the Sources … 55Date of the Text … 61EditorialMethod … 63The Structure of Cain Lanamna ... 67Cain Lanamna(text and translation)§1 Introductory Matters … 78§2 … 84§3 … 106§4 … 114§5 lanamnas comthinchuir “union of joint contribution” … 118§6 … 124§7 … 128§8 … 132§9 … 134§10 … 138§11 … 142§12 … 150§13 … 154§14 … 156§15 … 162§16 … 166§17 ... 170§18 … 174§19 ... 184§20 ... 192§21 lanamnas mna for ferthinchur “union of a woman on a man’scontribution” … 196§22 … 198§23 … 204§24 … 208§25 ... 214§26 … 218§27 … 222§28 … 228§29 ... 234§30 … 236§31 lanamnas fir for bantinchur “union of a man on a woman’scontribution” … 240§32 ... 248§33 … 254§34 lanamnas fir thathigtheo “union of aman visiting” ... 262§35 lanamnas airite for erail “union accepted at the instigation (ofthe man)” … 268§35 lanamnas foxail “union by abduction” and lanamnas taide“union of secrecy” … 274§36 lanamnas eicne “union by rape” and lanamnas sleithe “unionby stealth” … 282§37 lanamnas genaide “union ofmockery” … 292appendicesAppendix 1. E, Oxford University, Bodleian Library, RawlinsonB.506, fols. 19b–19d … 303Appendix 2. F, Oxford University, Bodleian Library, RawlinsonB.506, fol. 42d … 309Appendix 3. G, Oxford University, Bodleian Library, RawlinsonB.506, fols. 55b–56d … 311Appendix 4. K, Trinity College, Dublin, 1337 (H.3.18), p. 43a … 325Appendix 5. T, Oxford University, Bodleian Library, RawlinsonB.506, fol. 22 a–b … 329Appendix 6. Additional Commentary … 333Glossary … 343Bibliography … 355Index … 371