An alternate spelling of abthainrie; the domain or rank of an abthain in medieval Scotland.
Variant spelling of abthainrie, using -ry instead of -rie. Both spellings appear in Scottish historical documents interchangeably.
Historians still debate the exact differences between abthainry, thanedom, and other feudal Scottish territories—it shows how complex medieval Scottish politics were, with multiple overlapping systems of authority!
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