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Corthals, Johan [ed.], “Affiliation of children: Immathchor nAilella ⁊ Airt”, Peritia 9 (1995): 92–124.

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Corthals (Johan)

Article

“Affiliation of children: Immathchor nAilella ⁊ Airt”

Periodical

Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland 9 (1995)

Peritia 9 (1995).

Volume

9

Pages

92–124

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This is an edition and translation of an Old-Irish legal text, dating probably from c.700, and describing a lawsuit on the assignment of twins, after their mother Sadb had been repudiated by their father Ailill Aulomm. A decision is reached on the basis of principles governing marriage and an ordeal is avoided. The legal proceedings are represented as being conducted in a highly artistic style, commonly called rosc or retoiric in Irish studies, and deriving from late antique and medieval rhetoric.

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early Irish law early Irish literature

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textual editing

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legal case marriage

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