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... Tanistry , from the Tanist , an officer elected to succeed the chieftain , whose main office was to divide the land of the tribe among the living members thereof ; he was , in fact , a trustee and heir to the land of each of the sept or ...
... Tanistry , from the Tanist , an officer elected to succeed the chieftain , whose main office was to divide the land of the tribe among the living members thereof ; he was , in fact , a trustee and heir to the land of each of the sept or ...
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... TANISTRY . It is derived from the office of the Tanist , whose duty was to divide the land of the sept or tribe among the members . The tribe selected the tanist , who succeeded to the chiefry upon the death of the chief . I shall have ...
... TANISTRY . It is derived from the office of the Tanist , whose duty was to divide the land of the sept or tribe among the members . The tribe selected the tanist , who succeeded to the chiefry upon the death of the chief . I shall have ...
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... Tanistry system as uncouth and barbarous . The customs of the Irish people , as described by Spenser and Davis , must have been more or less tinged by the inter- mixture of Scandinavian , Norman , or feudal ideas , from con- tact with ...
... Tanistry system as uncouth and barbarous . The customs of the Irish people , as described by Spenser and Davis , must have been more or less tinged by the inter- mixture of Scandinavian , Norman , or feudal ideas , from con- tact with ...
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... tanist , who was his successor apparent ; and of every Irish sept or lineage there was also a chief , who was called Cean Finny ( Cean Fini ) . Third , all possession within these Irish territories ran always in the course of tanistry ...
... tanist , who was his successor apparent ; and of every Irish sept or lineage there was also a chief , who was called Cean Finny ( Cean Fini ) . Third , all possession within these Irish territories ran always in the course of tanistry ...
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... tanistry system , a man enjoyed the land allotted to him while he lived , but when he died the living dealt with it as they deemed best for their own interests . But this system went further . " Land was to them perpetual man , " the ...
... tanistry system , a man enjoyed the land allotted to him while he lived , but when he died the living dealt with it as they deemed best for their own interests . But this system went further . " Land was to them perpetual man , " the ...
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