brehon

Updated: July 23, 2025

The idea involved is, that the lands Were HELD, and NOT OWNED, and that the proprietary right lay in the nation, as represented by the king. If we adopt the poetic idea of the Brehon code, that "land is perpetual man," then HOMAGE for land was not a degrading institution.

Joseph the younger of Youghal Fisher - Landholding in England