Literacy In Medieval Celtic Societies
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Literacy In Medieval Celtic Societies
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Author : Huw Pryce
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-02-05
Literacy In Medieval Celtic Societies written by Huw Pryce and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-05 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This 1998 collection of studies examines the use of the written word in Celtic-speaking regions of Europe between c. 400 and c. 1500. Building on previous work as well as presenting the fruits of much new research, the book seeks to highlight the interest and importance of Celtic uses of literacy for the study of both medieval literacy generally and of the history and cultures of the Celtic countries in the Middle Ages. Among the topics discussed are the uses and significance of charter-writing, the interplay of oral and literate modes in the composition and transmission of medieval Irish and Welsh genealogies, prose narratives and poetry, the survival of Celtic culture in Brittany and of Gaelic literacy in eastern Scotland in the twelfth century, and pragmatic uses of literacy in later medieval Wales.
Literacy And Identity In Early Medieval Ireland
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Author : Elva Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2013-08-15
Literacy And Identity In Early Medieval Ireland written by Elva Johnston and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-15 with History categories.
Much of our knowledge of early medieval Ireland comes from a rich literature written in a variety of genres and in two languages, Irish and Latin. Who wrote this literature and what role did they play within society? What did the introduction and expansion of literacy mean in a culture where the vast majority of the population continued to be non-literate? How did literacy operate in and intersect with the oral world? Was literacy a key element in the formation and articulation of communal and elite senses of identity? This book addresses these issues in the first full, inter-disciplinary examination of the Irish literate elite and their social contexts between ca. 400-1000 AD. It considers the role played by Hiberno-Latin authors, the expansion of vernacular literacy and the key place of monasteries within the literate landscape. Also examined are the crucial intersections between literacy and orality, which underpin the importance played by the literate elite in giving voice to aristocratic and communal identities.
Literacy And History
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Author : Marian Redmond
language : en
Publisher: R.I.C. Publications
Release Date : 2007
Literacy And History written by Marian Redmond and has been published by R.I.C. Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Celts categories.
The Uses Of Literacy In Early Mediaeval Europe
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Author : Rosamond McKitterick
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-04-23
The Uses Of Literacy In Early Mediaeval Europe written by Rosamond McKitterick and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-04-23 with History categories.
This book investigates the importance of literacy in early medieval Europe in a number of different societies between c. 400 and c. 1000.
Seals And Society
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Author : Phillipp R. Schofield
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2016-06-15
Seals And Society written by Phillipp R. Schofield and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-15 with History categories.
Seals and Society arises from a major project investigating seals and their use in medieval Wales, the Welsh March and neighbouring counties in England. The first major study of seals in the context of one part of medieval Western European society, the volume also offers a new perspective on the history of medieval Wales and its periphery by addressing a variety of themes in terms of the insight that seals can offer the historian. Though the present study suggests important regional distinctions in the take-up of seals in medieval Wales, it is also clear that seal usage increased from the later twelfth century and spread widely in Welsh society, especially in those parts of Wales neighbouring England or where there had been an early English incursion. Through a series of chapters, the authors examine the ways in which seals can shed light on the legal, administrative, social and economic history of the period in Wales and its border region. Seals provide unique insights into the choices individuals, men and women, made in representing themselves to the wider world, and this issue is examined closely. Supported by almost 100 images gathered by the project team, the volume is of great interest to those working on seals, their motifs, their use and developments in their usage over the high and later Middle Ages.
The Conversion Of Britain
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Author : Barbara Yorke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-05-22
The Conversion Of Britain written by Barbara Yorke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-22 with History categories.
The Britain of 600-800 AD was populated by four distinct peoples; the British, Picts, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. They spoke 3 different languages, Gaelic, Brittonic and Old English, and lived in a diverse cultural environment. In 600 the British and the Irish were already Christians. In contrast the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons and Picts occurred somewhat later, at the end of the 6th and during the 7th century. Religion was one of the ways through which cultural difference was expressed, and the rulers of different areas of Britain dictated the nature of the dominant religion in areas under their control. This book uses the Conversion and the Christianisation of the different peoples of Britainas a framework through which to explore the workings of their political systems and the structures of their society. Because Christianity adapted to and affected the existing religious beliefs and social norms wherever it was introduced, it’s the perfect medium through which to study various aspects of society that are difficult to study by any other means.
Perceptions Of Femininity In Early Irish Society
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Author : Helen Oxenham
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2016
Perceptions Of Femininity In Early Irish Society written by Helen Oxenham and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
An examination of how the feminine was viewed in early medieval Ireland, through a careful study of a range of texts.
Making Laws For A Christian Society
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Author : Roy Flechner
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-03-31
Making Laws For A Christian Society written by Roy Flechner and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-31 with History categories.
This is the first comprehensive study of the contribution that texts from Britain and Ireland made to the development of canon law in early medieval Europe. The book concentrates on a group of insular texts of church law—chief among them the Irish Hibernensis—tracing their evolution through mutual influence, their debt to late antique traditions from around the Mediterranean, their reception (and occasional rejection) by clerics in continental Europe, their fusion with continental texts, and their eventual impact on the formation of a European canonical tradition. Canonical collections, penitentials, and miscellanies of church law, and royal legislation, are all shown to have been 'living texts', which were continually reshaped through a process of trial and error that eventually gave rise to a more stable and more coherent body of church laws. Through a meticulous text-critical study Roy Flechner argues that the growth of church law in Europe owes as much to a serendipitous 'conversation' between texts as it does to any deliberate plan overseen by bishops and popes.
Land Law And People In Medieval Scotland
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Author : Neville Cynthia J. Neville
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-16
Land Law And People In Medieval Scotland written by Neville Cynthia J. Neville and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-16 with History categories.
This ambitious book, newly available in paperback, examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering new insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. It is based on a close reading of the texts of several thousand charters, indentures, brieves and other written sources that record the business conducted in royal and baronial courts across the length and breadth of the medieval kingdom between 1150 and 1400.Under the broad themes of land, law and people, this book explores how the customs, laws and traditions of the native inhabitants and those of incoming settlers interacted and influenced each other. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, the author places her subject matter firmly within the recent historiography of the British Isles and demonstrates how the experience of Scotland was both similar to, and a distinct manifestation of, a wider process of Europeanisation.
Medieval Celtic Literature And Society
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Author : Helen Fulton
language : en
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Release Date : 2005
Medieval Celtic Literature And Society written by Helen Fulton and has been published by Four Courts Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Breton literature categories.
This collection brings together the latest research from international scholars working on medieval Irish, Welsh, Cornish and Breton literature, making it a reader for courses on medieval Celtic literatures. Featured texts include early Welsh poetry, the Ulster Cycle, the 'Mabinogi', and the work of Dafydd ap Gwilym. John Koch Why was Welsh literature first written down? - John Carey The legendary history of Ireland - David Dumville Writers, scribes and readers in Brittany~ - Robin Chapman Stacy Law and literature in medieval Ireland and Wales - Kaarina Hollo Laments and lamenting in early medieval Ireland - Oliver Padel Oral and literary culture in medieval Cornwall - Joseph Falaky Nagy The 'Acallam na Senórach' - Esther Freer & Nerys Ann Jones The early career of Llywarch Brydydd y Moch - Thomas Owen Clancy Court, king and justice in the Ulster Cycle - Kristen Lee Over Transcultural change: Welsh and French romance - Erich Poppe Narrative structure of medieval Irish adaptations - Helen Fulton The 'Mabinogi' and the education of princes - ~Morgan T. Davies Dafydd ap Gwilym and the shadow of colonialism