Adomnan's Lex Innocentium and the Jurisprudence of Warfare

Adomnan's Lex Innocentium and the Jurisprudence of Warfare
James W Houlihan
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Hardback
h238 x 156mm - 272pg
15 Apr 2020 IRE
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9781846828492
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This book studies the Irish law dating from AD 697, called Lex Innocentium or the Law of the Innocents. It is also known as Cain Adomnain, being named after Adomnan (d. 704), ninth abbot of Iona, who was responsible for its drafting and promulgation. The law was designed to offer legislative protection for women, children, clerics and other non-arms-bearing people, primarily though not exclusively, in times of conflict. It will be of interest to historians, both professional and lay, in many fields, with special relevance for historians of warfare, the laws of war, and of attitudes towards violence in general. The study seeks to identify the place of this law in the history of the laws of war and, in so doing examines many of the relevant sources in the Christain West, with conclusions that some will find surprising.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781846828492
Published: 15 Apr 2020
Published In: Ireland
Imprint: Four Courts Press
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 238mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 272

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