10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TANISTRY»
Discover the use of
tanistry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tanistry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Holinshed makes clear enough that the Duncan-Macbeth-Malcolm period saw
Scotland begin to move from its traditional system of royal succession – tanistry –
to primogeniture, the system which later became common and which was by ...
William Shakespeare, A. R. Braunmuller, 2008
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tanistry was a Gaelic system for passing on titles and lands.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Voyages in World History
Under tanistry, the most qualified member of the chief's family led the band. All
contenders for power had to prove their ability to lead by defeating their rivals in
battle. • tanistry Process the Mongols used to choose a new leader. Under
tanistry ...
Valerie Hansen, Kenneth Curtis, 2008
The practice of brothers competing with one another to succeed their father is
known as tanistry, and was as much a legitimate principle of succession as was
primogeniture among Chinese emperors. When it involved fratricide, and that
was ...
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Flexibility and Limitation in Steppe Formations: The Kerait ...
Among the pre-Chinggisid Kerait there was no "bloody tanistry" yet, as there was
no state with a centralized government.254 1n this world order where
segmentarism rather than absolutism was condoned, the political structure had
very ...
6
Sir John Davies and the Conquest of Ireland: A Study in ...
But in the remainder of his response Davies argued that the 'Cavan freeholders
cheefries were ever carried in a course of tanistry which hath lately been
adjudged no estate in law' and that 'their inferior tenancies did run in another
course of ...
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Early Gaelic Law, Including:
Tanistry, Early Irish Law, ...
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Law, Politics and Society in Early Modern England
Ireland would have become an island of prosperous freeholders not unlike
England.21 Instead the Irish had continued to use native Brehon customs, in
particular the form of land tenure known as tanistry, which according to Davies ...
Christopher W. Brooks, 2009
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
By the rule of tanistry, one man among that group was chosen to head the family:
he who was strongest, toughest and most cunning. This principle became an
invitation to violent conflict, and the question was often settled by a trial of
strength ...
David Hackett Fischer, 1989
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The Spoken Word: Oral Culture in Britain, 1500-1850
Bannerman noted the failure of the genealogical historians to acknowledge
occurrences of tanistry for what they were, and ascribed this to later generations'
ignorance of it.163 This may be true for some histories, particularly those written ...
Adam Fox, Daniel R. Woolf, 2002
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TANISTRY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tanistry is used in the context of the following news items.
Two's Trouble: Double Acts in Irish History
In the process would-be Irish kings were reduced in status and left operating in a dual system known by its mode of political succession – tanistry. Despite claims ... «Slugger O'Toole, Apr 15»
SPORTOWA SOBOTA. Ustrzelił hat-tricka w dziesięć minut
Podopieczni Marka Tanistry potrafili wykorzystać dwa z nich, dzięki czemu schodzili na przerwę z dwubramkową przewagą. Najpierw po centrze Mateusza ... «Przełom, Mar 15»
The Global Land Grab: The New Enclosures
Now rulings in the English courts on Gavelkind (1605) and Tanistry (1607) finally deny that customary law delivers property rights. Family holdings are made ... «CounterCurrents.org, May 13»
Latest Crusader Kings 2 patch fixes a number of bugs and makes …
There are also new Ultimogeniture and Gaelic Tanistry succession laws in place regarding land and title inheritance. A number of more colorful tweaks have ... «Polygon, Jan 13»
How is The Republic expansion changing Crusader Kings II?
Tanistry succession is described as "a version of Feudal Elective where the electors must pick a member of your dynasty, but will tend to pick distant relatives, ... «PC Gamer Magazine, Jan 13»
Monarchism provides greater stability than republicanism
The monarchy of the United Kingdom is not entirely hereditary since the line of succession can be, and has been, changed by tanistry (by a previously elected ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 12»
