A raven's battle-cry

Charlene M. Eska presents a critical edition and translation of the previously unpublished medieval Irish legal tract 'Anfuigell'. Although the Old Irish text itself is fragmentary, the copious accompanying commentaries provide a wealth of legal, historical, and linguistic information not found elsewhere in the medieval Irish legal corpus. 'Anfuigell' contains a wide range of topics relating to the role of the judge in deciding difficult cases, including kingship, raiding, poets, shipwreck, marriage, fosterage, divorce, and contracts relating to land and livestock.