''Lebor na Cert'', or the ''Book of Rights'', is a book of
Early Irish laws, from medieval Ireland. The text details the rents and taxes paid by the
King of Cashel, to various others in Ireland. The
Great Book of Lecan and the
Book of Ballymote
The ''Book of Ballymote'' (, RIA MS 23 P 12, 275 foll.), was written in 1390 or 1391 in or near the town of Ballymote, now in County Sligo, but then in the tuath of Corann.
Production and history
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contain copies.
The Lebor na gCeart or the Book of Rights is a 12th-century text that details customs and practices of Irish nobility in the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
.
It outlines the rights of all the
monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...
s in
Ireland
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at the time and the revenue due them.
Myles Dillon
Myles Patrick Dillon (11 April 1900 – 18 June 1972) was an Irish scholar whose primary interests were comparative philology, Celtic studies, and Sanskrit.
Life
Myles Dillon was born in Dublin; he was one of six children of John Dillon and h ...
describes the text:
''the book of rights purports to record the rights of the Irish
Kings'', ''the King of Ireland, ''the provincial kings and the stipends due from the King of Ireland to the provincial kings... as in the book of Invasions the record is put into verse so the text consists, for the most part, of a collection of poems.''Book of Rights (Introduction).
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Irish texts
Early Irish literature
Irish-language literature
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