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Saints' Cults in the Celtic World (Paperback)
Steven Boardman, John Reuben Davies, Eila Williamson; Contributions by Eila Williamson, Fiona Edmonds, …
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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 across and beyond political, ethnic and linguistic
boundaries in the medieval British Isles and Ireland, from the
sixth to the sixteenth centuries, is the subject of this book. In a
series of case studies, the contributions highlight the factors
that allowed particular cults to prosper in, or that made them
relevant to, a variety of cultural contexts. The collection has a
particular emphasis on northern Britain, andthe role of devotional
interests in connecting or shaping a number of polities and
cultural identities (Pictish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Irish, Welsh
and English) in a world of fluid political and territorial
boundaries. Althoughthe bulk of the studies are concerned with the
significance of cults in the insular context, many of the articles
also touch on the development of pan-European devotions (such as
the cults of St Brendan, The Three Kings or St George).
Contributors: James E. Fraser, Thomas Owen Clancy, Fiona Edmonds,
John Reuben Davies, Karen Jankulak, Sally Crumplin, Joanna
Huntington, Steve Boardman, Eila Williamson, Jonathan Wooding
From Caledonia to Pictland examines the transformation of Iron Age
northern Britain into a land of Christian kingdoms, long before
'Scotland' came into existence. Perched at the edge of the western
Roman Empire, northern Britain was not unaffected by the
experience, and became swept up in the great tide of processes
which gave rise to the early medieval West. Like other places, the
country experienced social and ethnic metamorphoses,
Christianisation, and colonization by dislocated outsiders, but
northern Britain also has its own unique story to tell in the first
eight centuries AD. This book is the first detailed political
history to treat these centuries as a single period, with due
regard for Scotland's position in the bigger story of late Antique
transition. From Caledonia to Pictland charts the complex and
shadowy processes which saw the familiar Picts, Northumbrians,
North Britons and Gaels of early Scottish history become
established in the country, the achievements of their foremost
political figures, and their ongoing links with the world around
them. It is a story that has become much revised through changing
trends in scholarly approaches to the challenging evidence, and
that transformation too is explained for the benefit of students
and general readers. Key Features: *The only detailed political
history to treat the first eight centuries AD as a single period of
Scottish history. *Redresses the imbalance created by an existing
literature dominated by archaeologists. From Caledonia to Pictland
provides a narrative history of the period. *Bridges a traditional
disciplinary divide between the Roman and early medieval periods.
*Locates this phase of Scotland's history within a European
context, emphasising what is unique and what is not.
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 across and beyond political, ethnic and linguistic
boundaries in the medieval British Isles and Ireland, from the
sixth to the sixteenth centuries, is the subject of this book. In a
series of case studies, the contributions highlight the factors
that allowed particular cults to prosper in, or that made them
relevant to, a variety of cultural contexts. The collection has a
particular emphasis on northern Britain, andthe role of devotional
interests in connecting or shaping a number of polities and
cultural identities (Pictish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Irish, Welsh
and English) in a world of fluid political and territorial
boundaries. Althoughthe bulk of the studies are concerned with the
significance of cults in the insular context, many of the articles
also touch on the development of pan-European devotions (such as
the cults of St Brendan, The Three Kings or St George).
Contributors: James E. Fraser, Thomas Owen Clancy, Fiona Edmonds,
John Reuben Davies, Karen Jankulak, Sally Crumplin, Joanna
Huntington, Steve Boardman, Eila Williamson, Jonathan Wooding
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