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Fuidhir tenants” . (i 82) Und causes at work, powerfully u. for long periodso f time, to increase the numbers of this class: Danish piracies, intestinefeuds, Anglo-Norman attempts at conquest, the existence o f36 the Pale, u.the policy directed from the Pale of playing off against one another the Chiefsbeyond37 its borders. Dch dies civil war etc tribes fa r u. wide broken up, diesimplies a multitude of broken men. (183) Dann wie in Orissa die immigratedcultivators at the disposal of the Zeminders make greatly rise for d. ancienttenantry the standard of rent u. d. exactions d. landlords - selber Einfluss173 d. Fuidhir tenants in Ireland; altered seriously for the worse the | ^p o r­tion of the tenants by Saer Stock u. by Daer Stock Tenure. (183, 184)Spenser: “ View of the State of Ireland” .In d. übrigens sonst kritisch nicht erwähnenswerthen: “ History of Ireland,Ancient and Modern” (Dublin 1867) von Martin Haverty, wd bemerkt:“ tanaisteacht (or tanistry), a law of succession, bezog sich auf “ transmissionof titles, offices, and authority.” Says Professor Curry: “ There was no invariablerule o f succession... but according to the general tenor of our ancientaccounts the eldest son succeeded the father to the exclusion of all collateralclaimants, unless it happened that he was disqualified etc. The eldest son,being thus recognised and the presumptive heir and successor to the dignity,was denominated tanaiste, that is, minor or second,, while all the other sonsor persons that were eligible in case of his failure, were simply calledrighdhamhna, i.e. king-m aterialor king-makings. This was the origin oftanaiste, a successor, and Holnais Flacht, successorship. The tanaiste had aseparate establishment,39 as well as distinct privileges and liabilities.He was inferior to the king or chief, but above all the other dignitariesof the State___ Tanistry, in the Anglo-Norm an sense, was not anoriginal, essential element of the law of succession, but a condition thatmight be adopted or abandoned at any time by the parties concerned; andit does not appear that it was at any time universal in Erin, although itprevailed in many parts of it___ Alternate tanaisteacht did not involveany disturbance of property, or of the people, but only affected theposition of the person himself \ whether king, chief, or professor of any of theliberal arts, as the case might be; ... it was often set aside by force.” [Prof.Curry in : “ Introduction, etc to the battle of Magh Leana” , printedfor the CelticSociety, Dublin, 18 j j ; quoted in Haverty, Hist, of Irld, p. 49, wo es weiterheisst: “ The primitive intention was that the inheritance should descendto the oldest and most worthy man o f the same name and blood, butpractically this was giving it to the strongest, and family feuds and intestinewars were the inevitable consequence.” (Haverty, p. 49)]B y gavelkind (or gavail-kinne) [common also to the Britons, Anglo-Saxons,Francs, etc] the property was divided equally between all the sons, whetherlegitimate or otherwise . .. ; but in addition to his own equal share, whichthe eldest son obtained in common with his brothers, he received thedwelling house and other buildings, which would been received by the3 °3