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Book SynopsisSignificant contributions on Celtic history, law, archaeology and literature. Thomas Charles-Edwards, the distinguished scholar of medieval Britain and Ireland, has made important contributions to a number of fields, but is particularly renowned for his studies in Celtic history and law. In this volume, colleagues pay tribute to his work with essays that range across the medieval Celtic world, including medieval Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In the first part of the volume, they cover historical aspects (and, as is fitting, often reflect the honorand's interest in archaeology and epigraphy); in the second, they focus on medieval Irish and Welsh legal institutions and texts, which are used by some to inform new readings of literary texts. Contributors: Susan Youngs, Clare Stancliffe, Catherine Swift, David N. Dumville, Elizabeth O'Brien, Edel Bhreathnach, Oliver Padel, Nancy Edwards, Thomas Owen Clancy, Marie Therese Flanagan, Huw Pryce, Roy Flechner, Robin Chapman Stacey,Wendy Davies, Sara Elin Roberts, Fergus Kelly, Bronagh Ní Chonaill, Charlene Eska, Elva Johnston, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Maredudd ap Huw.
Trade ReviewEach chapter is the product of fresh research and scholarly precision....The editors and authors of Tome can be congratulated on an important contribution to the fields of Celtic and Medieval studies. * STUDIA HIBERNICA *
Each of the chapters is a noteworthy contribution in the field. * CAMBRIAN MEDIEVAL CELTIC STUDIES *
A feast of learning. * NORTHERN HISTORY *
Table of ContentsPreface - Fiona Edmonds and Paul Russell Cloud-Cuckoo Land? Some Christian Symbols from Post-Roman Britain - Susan Youngs Columbanus's Monasticism and the Sources of his Inspiration: from Basil to the Master? - Clare Stancliffe Early Irish Priests within their Own Localities - Catherine Swift Political Organisation in Dál Riata - David N. Dumville Irish Boundary Ferta, their Physical Manifestation and Historical Context - Elizabeth O'Brien and Edel Bhreathnach Asser's Parochia of Exeter - Oliver Padel Viking-Age Sculpture in North-West Wales: Wealth, Power, Patronage and the Christian Landscape - Nancy Edwards Iona v. Kells: Succession, Jurisdiction and Politics in the Columban Familia in the Later Tenth Century - Thomas O Clancy A Twelfth-Century Indulgence Granted by an Irish Bishop at Bath Priory - Marie Therese Flanagan Gerald of Wales, Gildas, and the Descriptio Kambriae - Huw Pryce Patrick's Reasons for Leaving Britain - Roy Flechner Learning Law in Medieval Ireland - Robin C. Stacey Holding Court: Judicial Presidency in Brittany, Wales and Northern Iberia in the Early Middle Ages - Wendy Davies The Iorwerth Triads - Sara Elin Roberts The Recovery of Stolen Property: Notes on Legal Procedure in Gaelic Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man - Fergus Kelly Contentious Kinship: the Penumbra of Established Kinship in Medieval Irish Law - Bronagh Ní Chonaill Marriage by Purchase in Early Irish Law - Charlene Eska Kingship Made Real? Power and the Public World in Longes Mac nUislenn - Elva Johnston Mongán's Metamorphosis: Compert Mongáin ocus Serce Duibe Lacha do Mongán, a Later Mongán Tale - Maire Ni Mhaonaigh Bibliography of the Writings of Thomas Charles-Edwards - Maredudd Ap Huw
