Cáin Lánamna
An Old Irish Tract on Marriage and Divorce Law
Biographical note
Charlene M. Eska, Ph.D. (2006) in Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Her recent publications focus on marriage and divorce in early Irish law.
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All those interested in Celtic Studies, medieval secular and canon law, social history, and Women's Studies, as well as medieval historians, archaeologists, linguists, and general medievalists.
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