Brehon law

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:abolished 17th century
English common law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Brehons
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Early_Irish_law
gptkbp:basisFor customary law
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:focusesOn gptkb:farmer
gptkb:marriage
gptkb:standard
gptkb:crime
kinship
inheritance
prop
social class
contracts
compensation
fosterage
restitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brehon law
gptkbp:influenced Irish customary law
gptkbp:influencedBy Irish mythology
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_Irish
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:oral_tradition
women's legal rights
complex social status system
emphasis on compensation over retribution
land held by kin groups
non-capital punishment
protection of poets and craftsmen
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Cú_Colla
gptkb:Dubhaltach_Mac_Fhirbhisigh
gptkb:Giolla_na_Naomh_Mac_Aodhagáin
gptkbp:period early medieval period
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Gaelic_Ireland
tanistry
brehon (judge)
derbfine
fosterage system
tuath (tribal units)
gptkbp:replacedBy English law
gptkbp:studiedBy Celtic scholars
legal historians
gptkbp:survivingTexts gptkb:Book_of_Aicill
gptkb:Bretha_Nemed
gptkb:Críth_Gablach
gptkb:Senchus_Mór
gptkb:Uraicecht_Becc
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:medieval_Ireland
gptkbp:writtenBy law tracts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:early_medieval_Ireland
gptkb:Senchas_Már
gptkb:tuath_(tribal_kingdom)
gptkb:Gaelic_Ireland
gptkb:medieval_Ireland
gptkb:Celtic_law
gptkb:pre-Christian_Ireland
gptkb:Gaelic_people
gptkb:Scottish_Gaels
gptkb:ancient_Ireland
gptkb:Irish_Gaels
gptkb:Tanistry
gptkb:Celtic_Ireland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6