Prophecy of Berchán

Irish and Scottish High-Kings of the Early Middle Ages

Benjamin T. Hudson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

1996
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-29567-6 (ISBN)

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This book gives a text, an English translation, and a commentary on a medieval verse history of the kings of Ireland and Scotland from the ninth to the 11th centuries. This study suggests new interpretations of British and Irish history during the early middle ages.

This book gives a text, an English translation, and a commentary on a medieval verse history of the kings of Ireland and Scotland from the ninth to the 11th centuries. This study examines the Prophecy of Berchán as a historical record with much to offer students of kingship among the Irish and Scots. Biographies of individual monarchs provided therein present the important events of each ones career, the length of his reign, and the circumstances of his death. This study suggests new interpretations of British and Irish history during the early middle ages.

BENJAMIN T. HUDSON is Assistant Professor of History and Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His first book was The Kings of Celtic Scotland (Greenwood, 1994).

Preface
Methods and Abbreviations
Introduction
Prophecy of Berchán
Royal Biography
Berchán: Saint, Poet, Prophet
Kings Over All Ireland
Game of Munster and Ulster
Rise and Decline of High-Kings
Rulers in the East
High-Kings of the Scots
Kings in the Prophecy of Berchán
Selected Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.7.1996
Reihe/Serie	Contributions to the Study of World History
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-313-29567-0 / 0313295670
ISBN-13	978-0-313-29567-6 / 9780313295676
Zustand	Neuware