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Description:In the year 697 AD the ninth abbot of Iona, Adomnán mac Rónáin, devised and promulgated the Law of Innocents - 'the first law in heaven and earth for the protection of women.' Enforced by dozens of kings, bishops and abbots in Ireland, Scotland and Pictland, this law is the precursor of the Geneva Convention, the UN Declaration on Human Rights. It is an early sign in these islands of the fundamental Christian vocation to stand alongside the weak and the vulnerable, to oppose injustice and oppression. The original Gaelic and Latin text of the Law of the Innocents is translated here in full, together with its prologue and an introduction"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adomnán's 'Law of the Innocents' = Cáin Adomnáin: A Seventh Century Law for the Protection of Non-Combatants. To get started finding Adomnán's 'Law of the Innocents' = Cáin Adomnáin: A Seventh Century Law for the Protection of Non-Combatants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Blackfriars Books

Release: 1997

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Description: In the year 697 AD the ninth abbot of Iona, Adomnán mac Rónáin, devised and promulgated the Law of Innocents - 'the first law in heaven and earth for the protection of women.' Enforced by dozens of kings, bishops and abbots in Ireland, Scotland and Pictland, this law is the precursor of the Geneva Convention, the UN Declaration on Human Rights. It is an early sign in these islands of the fundamental Christian vocation to stand alongside the weak and the vulnerable, to oppose injustice and oppression. The original Gaelic and Latin text of the Law of the Innocents is translated here in full, together with its prologue and an introduction"We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adomnán's 'Law of the Innocents' = Cáin Adomnáin: A Seventh Century Law for the Protection of Non-Combatants. To get started finding Adomnán's 'Law of the Innocents' = Cáin Adomnáin: A Seventh Century Law for the Protection of Non-Combatants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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