-
Tanistry is a
Gaelic system for p****ing on
titles and lands. In this
system the
Tanist (Irish: Tánaiste;
Scottish Gaelic: Tànaiste; Manx: Tanishtey) is...
- of primogeniture, but
there exist other methods such as
seniority and
tanistry (in
which an heir-apparent is
nominated from
among qualified candidates)...
-
Romans for the
Habsburg emperors. In the
partially elective system of
tanistry, the heir or
tanist was
elected from the
qualified males of the
royal family...
- O'Hart,
Volume 1. 1892. p. 493. Independent,
Irish in
legal stew over
tanistry Tanistry,
Library Ireland Celtic Scotland, A
history of
Ancient Alban, Cambridge...
- List of Ireland-related
topics List of
Irish people Norse–Gaels
Ogham Tanistry The
Ireland Funds Ulster-Scots
dialects Ulster-Scots
people 2021 census...
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hereditary the
title of
Sachem is
often p****ed
through the
equivalent of
tanistry. The
Oxford English Dictionary found a use from 1613. The term "Sagamore"...
-
Scottish monarchs did not
inherit the
Crown directly; instead, the
custom of
tanistry was followed,
where the
monarchy alternated between different branches...
-
nobles to
choose a king if required,
which implied elective monarchy.
Tanistry was also the
system of
royal succession until King
Malcolm II in the early...
- the
Kievan Rus' (see Rota system), the
early Kingdom of
Scotland (see
Tanistry), the
Mongol Empire (see
lateral succession) or the
later Ottoman Empire...
- tánaise ríg, the king in waiting, so that, far from
being an
abandonment of
tanistry, as has
sometimes been argued, his
kingship was a
vindication of the practice...
