Theories Of National Identity Of Early Medieval Ireland
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Theories Of National Identity In Early Medieval Ireland
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Author : Patrick James Wadden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Theories Of National Identity In Early Medieval Ireland written by Patrick James Wadden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Ireland categories.
Theories Of National Identity Of Early Medieval Ireland
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Author : Patrick James Wadden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Theories Of National Identity Of Early Medieval Ireland written by Patrick James Wadden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Ireland categories.
Despite the political disunity of early Irish society, theories and expressions of national identity abounded in the work of the learned classes of clerics, genealogists, poets and lawyers. This thesis examines texts from two crucial periods in the evolution of these theories. Focusing initially on the seventh and eighth centuries, the first part of the thesis argues that Irish national identity was created as part of a campaign to assert the joint authority of the Uf Neill kings of Tara and their ecclesiastical allies in Armagh. Drawing inspiration from biblical and patristic sources, and possibly also from contemporary developments elsewhere in Europe, these ecclesiastico-political allies asserted the national unity of the Irish in linguistic, genetic and territorial terms in pursuit of their own particular objectives. The influence of biblical and patristic beliefs on many of these early expressions of Irish identity highlights the outward-looking nature of the Irish scholarly tradition. During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, this international dimension intensified as the histories and identities of foreign peoples became subjects of study in Ireland, and new source materials filtered into the country from overseas. With reference to two texts composed during this period, the Irish Sex Aetates Mundi and a poem on national characteristics beginning Cumtach na nludaide n-ard - the second part of this thesis discusses the influence of newly acquired sources on contemporary Irish scholarship. It also examines how the information contained in these sources was adapted and rationalised to conform to the basic assumptions of Irish society. 4.
History And Identity In Early Medieval Wales
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Author : Rebecca Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2022
History And Identity In Early Medieval Wales written by Rebecca Thomas and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Book of Taliesin categories.
Crucial texts from ninth- and tenth-century Wales analysed to show their key role in identify formation. WINNER OF THE FRANCIS JONES PRIZE 2022 Early medieval writers viewed the world as divided into gentes ("peoples"). These were groups that could be differentiated from each other according to certain characteristics - by the language they spoke or the territory they inhabited, for example. The same writers played a key role in deciding which characteristics were important and using these to construct ethnic identities. This book explores this process of identity construction in texts from early medieval Wales, focusing primarily on the early ninth-century Latin history of the Britons (Historia Brittonum), the biography of Alfred the Great composed by the Welsh scholar Asser in 893, and the tenth-century vernacular poem Armes Prydein Vawr ("The Great Prophecy of Britain"). It examines how these writers set about distinguishing between the Welsh and the other gentes inhabiting the island of Britain through the use of names, attention to linguistic difference, and the writing of history and origin legends. Crucially important was the identity of the Welsh as Britons, the rightful inhabitants of the entirety of Britain; its significance and durability are investigated, alongside its interaction with the emergence of an identity focused on the geographical unit of Wales.
Ireland And Empire
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Author : Stephen Howe
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2000-04-06
Ireland And Empire written by Stephen Howe and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-06 with History categories.
A growing band of historians, political commentators, and cultural critics has sought to analyse Ireland's past and present in colonial terms. For some, including Irish Republicans, it is the only proper framework for understanding Ireland. Others reject the very use of the colonial label for Ireland's history; while using the term for the present arouses outrage, especially amongst Ulster Unionists. This book evaluates and analuses these controversies, ranging from debates over the ancient and medieval past to those in current literary and postcolonial theory. Scholarly, at times polemical, it is the most comprehensive study of these themes ever to appear, and will undoubtedly stimulate discussion for years to come.
National Identity And Nationalism In Medieval Ireland 1215 1415
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Author : Thomas Finan (Ph. D.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
National Identity And Nationalism In Medieval Ireland 1215 1415 written by Thomas Finan (Ph. D.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Ireland categories.
A Nation In Medieval Ireland
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Author : Thomas Finan
language : en
Publisher: BAR British Series
Release Date : 2004
A Nation In Medieval Ireland written by Thomas Finan and has been published by BAR British Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
This study argues that concepts of nation, nationalism, national ideology and identity did exist in Ireland in the 13th and 14th centuries, and that the Irish people used the concept of nation especially in response to foreigness or foreigners.
Settlement Political And Social Transformation In Armagh Northern Ireland
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Author : Jennifer Ann Shaffer Foster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Settlement Political And Social Transformation In Armagh Northern Ireland written by Jennifer Ann Shaffer Foster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
The topic of power holds great interest for social scientists and in the last few decades there has been a reexamination of how power is expressed "from the bottom-up" as opposed to the traditional "top-down" narrative. Bottom-up approaches to power examine the ways in which power can be broadly dispersed and exercised at the community level, as exemplified in the modern day development of so-called grass-roots initiatives. Discussion of power in both past and present have usually assumed a top-down perspective, where power is vested in elites, structure, and social hierarchy, while ordinary people have little power. However, studies from a broad array of social sciences have demonstrated that power from below can result in successful outcomes even in the presence of centralized elite decision-making, a finding which has ramifications for understanding how people are effectively governed, rebel and are motivated to change. This dissertation examines power and landscape in Early Medieval Ireland (c. AD 400-1200), a time period that is important in the construction of national identity and is usually viewed from a top-down perspective. The dissertation considers power and agency in all facets of society, with fieldwork undertaken to systematically examine a settlement landscape of all people, even marginalized populations. Fieldwork for the dissertation took the form of systematic surface survey, geochemical survey for soil phosphate, and excavations at locations indicated by the geochemistry, in a landscape just to the south of the known Early Medieval settlement at Armagh. Early Medieval Ireland was comprised of numerous complex chiefdoms ruled by kings and populated by farmers, artisans, professionals and early Christian religious practitioners. Our historical knowledge of this period in time comes from numerous insular legal documents, recorded in a later era, hagiographies and other church documents, and literary resources. Archaeological knowledge derives largely from raths, the most common archaeological site in Ireland, a circular domestic enclosure consisting of an earthen wall and ditch. Raths were once thought to have been the homes of the elites in society, although recent research suggests that they may have housed a greater extent of the population than previously thought. However, due to the focus on kings and churchmen, Early Medieval Irish archaeology is generally considered from the "top-down" and little is known about those who inhabited known but rarely found unenclosed sites and what life was like for those who were "poor.^" Chapter Two addresses the theoretical perspectives utilized in this dissertation, beginning with a discussion about early modern and contemporary approaches to power, with emphasis on the use of agency theory in archaeology. Collective action theory, although a new application in archaeology, is utilized in this dissertation to facilitate analysis of how and why Early Medieval people supported the heterarchy that existed during the era, and how elites and non-elites negotiated socially-acceptable goods and rewards. A discussion of poverty and how it is conceptualized and under-theorized within anthropology is presented, with implications for examining social status in the Early Medieval period. One of the ways in which we can understand power, poverty and elite status is through changes in the landscape, and an overview of landscape theory is presented along with potential applications for the case study. Chapter Three provides an in-depth perspective on the archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland, while Chapter Four summarizes the historical evidence that is often presented and the issues inherent in relying on historical texts for interpretation. The end of the chapter contrasts the traditional approach with a landscape approach to long-term change in the settlement, ceremonial architecture and religious tradition, while also examining the place of Ireland in the greater European region and in early-modern colonial context. An overview of surface survey and geochemical survey for soil phosphate, which formed the methodological approach, is presented Chapter 5 while Chapter 6 provides detailed results of the fieldwork. A landscape analysis of the study region provides a greater understanding of how all people would may have lived, worked, and interacted with one another. Finds from surface survey and excavations in locations indicated by the geochemical survey included a significant number of lithic remains. Lithics are not usually presented as part of the Early Medieval toolkit, a situation that is explained in part by nationalism and an idealistic view of the period as a Golden Age; these topics are explored in-depth in Chapter 7. Lithics likely were the tools of the poor, but could have been utilized by all members of society. Whether or not they embody power from the bottom-up may be ascertained by future research. Raths, however, are modern-day manifestations of power from below. These sites are commonly known as "fairy-forts" across the island, and tradition dating back at least one hundred years forbids their alteration or destruction. In this way, local people have defined important places in their landscape, separate from those that are defined for them by state governing bodies. Raths are liminal places now, and may have conveyed liminality in the past. The nature of their construction and taboos surrounding their access suggest that these places were seen as collective goods, protected from outsiders and unwelcome guests by the liminal nature of the ditches that surrounded them. Access to raths was part of community membership and because of the interconnected nature of Early Medieval society, all, even the poor, could potentially claim these places as part of their landscape.
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.
The Origin Legends Of Early Medieval Britain And Ireland
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Author : Lindy Brady
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-04
The Origin Legends Of Early Medieval Britain And Ireland written by Lindy Brady 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 2022-08-04 with History categories.
The inhabitants of early medieval Britain and Ireland shared the knowledge that the region held four peoples and the awareness that they must have originally come from 'elsewhere'. The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland studies these peoples' origin stories, an important genre that has shaped national identity and collective history from the early medieval period to the present day. These multilingual texts share many common features that repay their study as a genre, but have previously been isolated as four disparate traditions and used to argue for the long roots of current nationalisms. Yet they were not written or read in isolation during the medieval period. Individual narratives were in constant development, written and rewritten to respond to other texts. This book argues that insular origin legends developed together to flesh out the history of the insular region as a whole.
Hiberno Latin Saints Lives In The Seventh Century
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Author : John Higgins
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2024-03-18
Hiberno Latin Saints Lives In The Seventh Century written by John Higgins and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-18 with History categories.
As part of the historicizing corpus of seventh-century Irish writing, the Lives framed the narrative of the early saints as an effective weapon in contemporary political and ecclesiastical conflicts. Cogitosus’s Life of Brigit, Muirchú’s and Tírechán’s accounts of Saint Patrick, and Adomnán’s Life of Columba created the understanding of the history of early Ireland that has endured to this day. How did the writers accomplish this through their literary choices? The authors of Irish saints’ Lives used the literary form of hagiography (Christian biography), miracle stories, and an elaborate rhetorical style to present the words and actions of their subjects. These Lives created a narrative of early Irish history that supported the political/ecclesiastical elites by showing that their power derived from the actions of their patron saints.