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Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom - Fiona Edmonds

Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom

The Golden Age and the Viking Age

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
322 Seiten
2023
The Boydell Press (Verlag)
978-1-83765-027-9 (ISBN)
CHF 47,10 inkl. MwSt
WINNER - FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021.
SHORTLISTED - SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021.
The first full-scale treatment of the wide-ranging connections between the Gaelic world and the Northumbrian kingdom.
WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021.
SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021

The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide-ranging connections between the Gaelic world and the Northumbrian kingdom.

Northumbria was the most northerly Anglo-Saxon kingdom; its impressive landscape featured two sweeping coastlines, which opened the area to a variety of cultural connections. This book explores influences that emanated from the Gaelic-speaking world, including Ireland, the Isle of Man, Argyll and the kingdom of Alba (the nascent Scottish kingdom). It encompasses Northumbria's "Golden Age", the kingdom's political and scholarly high-point of the seventh and early eighth centuries, and culminates with the kingdom's decline and fragmentation in the Viking Age, which opened up new links with Gaelic-Scandinavian communities. Political and ecclesiastical connections are discussed in detail; the study also covers linguistic contact, material culture and the practicalities of travel, bringing out the realities of contemporary life. This interdisciplinary approach sheds new light on the west and north of the Northumbrian kingdom, the areas linked most closely with the Gaelic world. Overall, the book reveals the extent to which Gaelic influence was multi-faceted, complex and enduring.

Dr FIONA EDMONDS is Reader in History and Director of the Regional Heritage Centre at Lancaster University.

Dr FIONA EDMONDS is Professor of History and Director of the Regional Heritage Centre at Lancaster University.

Preface: An Eventful Voyage
Concepts and Historiography of the Northumbrian and Gaelic Worlds: Medieval to Modern
Exiles and Emperors: Gaelic-Northumbrian Political Relations in the Golden Age
Fragmentation and Opportunity: From the Eighth Century to the Viking Age
Pathways through the Past: Routes between the Gaelic World and the Northumbrian Kingdom
A Golden Age of Ecclesiastical Contacts
Saints and Seaways in the Viking Age
Medieval Multilingualism: Gaelic Linguistic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom
Movement and Material Culture in the Northumbrian and Gaelic Worlds
Conclusion: Individuals and Influences

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Studies in Celtic History
Zusatzinfo 21 b/w, 1 line illus.
Verlagsort Woodbridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 482 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
ISBN-10 1-83765-027-6 / 1837650276
ISBN-13 978-1-83765-027-9 / 9781837650279
Zustand Neuware
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