St David of Wales: Cult, Church and Nation

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 24
• All aspects of the cult of St David, patron saint of Wales, are examined in this wide-ranging volume. The cult of St David has been an enduring symbol... Lees meer

History and Identity in Early Medieval Wales

Rebecca Thomas

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 44
• 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 ... Lees meer

The Legacy of Gildas

Stephen J Joyce

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 43
• Provocative new investigation into the shadowy figure of Gildas, his influence and representation. Gildas is an essential witness to the Christian cul... Lees meer

Classical Literature and Learning in Medieval Irish Narrative

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 34
• Examinations of the use of classical Latin texts, themes and techniques in medieval Irish narrative. This edited volume will make a major contribution... Lees meer

Personal Names and Naming Practices in Medieval Scotland

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 39
• A landmark of scholarship on medieval Scotland. Professor Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow. Personal names can provide a rich and often overlooked ... Lees meer

Saint Germanus of Auxerre and the End of Roman Britain

E a Thompson

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 6
• The Life of St Germanus, by Constantius of Lyon, is a contemporary account of a fifth-century bishop of Auxerre, who on two occasions came to Britain.... Lees meer

Céli Dé in Ireland

Westley Follett

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 23
• A detailed investigation into the mysterious group of monks, the Céli Dé, who flourished in early medieval Ireland. The Céli Dé [`clients of God'], so... Lees meer

Ireland, Wales, and England in the Eleventh Century

K L Maund

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 12
• An analysis of the politics of eleventh-century Wales. The eleventh century was a time of political change throughout the British Isles, and especiall... Lees meer

Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 28
• A new investigation of the saints' cults which flourished in medieval Scotland, fruitfully combining archaeological, historical, and literary perspect... Lees meer

Military Institutions on the Welsh Marches

Frederick C Suppe

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 14
• A comparison of the opposed military systems along the English/Welsh border - Anglo-Norman and Celtic - in the 12th century. Between 1066 and 1282 two... Lees meer

The Irish Identity of the Kingdom of the Scots in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

Dauvit Broun

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 18
• An examination of the Scottish kingdom's historic links with Ireland, and the beginnings of a Scottish national identity from c. 1290. The close ties ... Lees meer

Understanding the Universe in Seventh-Century Ireland

Marina Smyth

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 15
• Works of early Irish authors include a strong biblical component, but indicate that independent thought is accepted. Scarcity of scientific data, a re... Lees meer

The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 28
• A new investigation of the saints' cults which flourished in medieval Scotland, fruitfully combining archaeological, historical, and literary perspect... Lees meer

The Book of Llandaf as a Historical Source

Patrick Sims-Williams

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 38
• Revisionist approach to the question of the authenticity - or not - of the documents in the Book of Llandaf. Awarded the Francis Jones Prize in Welsh ... Lees meer

The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales, C.1100-C.1500

Sara Elin Roberts

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 45
• 2022 Hywel Dda Award (University of Wales Literary Awards) A ground-breaking study of the lawbooks which were created in the changing social and polit... Lees meer

The Present and the Past in Medieval Irish Chronicles

Nicholas Evans

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 27
• A new analysis of a vital source for the history of Ireland and Scotland in the middle ages. Ireland has the most substantial corpus of annalistic chr... Lees meer

Gildas

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 5
• Gildas's 'De Excidio Britanniae' is the prime source of our knowledge of post-Roman Britain, but because it is such an isolated text, for which we hav... Lees meer

Reading and Shaping Medieval Cartularies

Joanna Tucker

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 41
• The physical nature of the medieval cartulary examined alongside its textual contents. Medieval cartularies are one of the most significant sources fo... Lees meer

Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom

Fiona Edmonds

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 40
• WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021. SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021 The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of t... Lees meer

Medieval Welsh Genealogy

Ben Guy

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 42
• First in-depth investigation of the genealogies of medieval Wales, bringing out their full significance. Genealogy was a central element of life in me... Lees meer

Saints' Cults in the Celtic World

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 25
• Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies. The way in which saints' cults operated ac... Lees meer

Gildas's de Excidio Britonum and the Early British Church

Karen George

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 26
• A study of a contemporary witness to the transformation of post-Roman Britain into Anglo-Saxon England. Gildas's De excidio Britonum is a rare survivi... Lees meer

Tome: Studies in Medieval Celtic History and Law in Honour of Thomas Charles-Edwards

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 31
• Significant contributions on Celtic history, law, archaeology and literature. Thomas Charles-Edwards, the distinguished scholar of medieval Britain an... Lees meer

Saint Patrick

David N Dumville

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Celtic History | nr. 13
• Extremely scholarly and contains many important studies... impossible to do justice to the depth of scholarship which is on display here. BRITANNIA An... Lees meer