Memory and Foresight in the Celtic World

Memory and Foresight in the Celtic World
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Publisher : Sydney University Press
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781743327142
ISBN-13 : 1743327145
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Memory and Foresight in the Celtic World by : Lorna G. Barrow

Memory and Foresight in the Celtic World delves deep into the experience of Celtic communities and individuals in the late medieval period through to the modern age. Its thirteen essays range widely, from Scottish soldiers in France in the fifteenth century to Gaelic-speaking communities in rural New South Wales in the twentieth, and expatriate Irish dancers in the twenty-first. Connecting them are the recurring themes of memory and foresight: how have Celtic communities maintained connections to the past while keeping an eye on the future? Chapters explore language loss and preservation in Celtic countries and among Celtic migrant communities, and the influence of Celtic culture on writers such as Dylan Thomas and James Joyce. In Australia, how have Irish, Welsh and Scottish migrants engaged with the politics and culture of their home countries, and how has the idea of a Celtic identity changed over time? Drawing on anthropology, architecture, history, linguistics, literature and philosophy, Memory and Foresight in the Celtic World offers diverse, thought-provoking insights into Celtic culture and identity.

Late Medieval Irish Law Manuscripts: A Reappraisal of Methodology and Content

Late Medieval Irish Law Manuscripts: A Reappraisal of Methodology and Content
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Publisher : Sydney University Press
Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : 9781743329047
ISBN-13 : 1743329040
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Late Medieval Irish Law Manuscripts: A Reappraisal of Methodology and Content by : Rowena Finnane

Late Medieval Irish Law Manuscripts: A Reappraisal of Methodology and Context challenges the long-held view that Irish law manuscripts produced in the secular law schools of the late medieval period are only the work of antiquarians. This book examines the texts in their political, social and cultural contexts, particularly in relation to the Irish revival of the fourteenth century onwards. Finnane’s examination of the manuscripts includes: legal interpretation and the role of glossing and commenting on older ‘canonical texts’ in establishing the authority of those texts in the present the use of the manuscripts in legal education the use of the past in providing legitimacy and authority, particularly in a legal context. Finnane argues that the manuscripts are the work of jurists authorising a revived legal system connected to a re-emergent Irish political elite, after more than a century of Anglo Norman invasion and rule.

Dance, Performance and Visual Art

Dance, Performance and Visual Art
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 9783031690846
ISBN-13 : 3031690842
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Dance, Performance and Visual Art by : Linda E. Dankworth

Cultural Dance in Australia

Cultural Dance in Australia
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9789811959004
ISBN-13 : 9811959005
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Cultural Dance in Australia by : Jeanette Mollenhauer

This book draws on theories of aesthetics, post-colonialism, multiculturalism and transnationalism to explore salient aspects of perpetuating traditional dance customs in diaspora. It is the first book to present a broad-ranging analysis of cultural dance in Australia. Topics include adaptation of dance customs within a post-migration context, multicultural festivals, prominent performers, historiographies and archives, and the relative positionings of cultural and Western theatrical dance genres. The book offers a decolonized appraisal of dance in Australia, critiquing past and present praxes and offering suggestions for the future. Overall, it underscores the highly variegated nature of the Australian dance landscape and advocates for greater recognition of amateur community dance practices. Cultural Dance in Australia makes a substantial contribution to the catalogue of work about immigrants and cultural dance styles that continue to be preserved in Australia. This book will be of interest to scholars of dance, performance studies, migration studies and transnationalism.

Kingship, Lordship and Sanctity in Medieval Britain

Kingship, Lordship and Sanctity in Medieval Britain
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9781783277162
ISBN-13 : 1783277165
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Kingship, Lordship and Sanctity in Medieval Britain by : Steven Boardman

Essays reconsidering key topics in the history of late medieval Scotland and northern England.

Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early Medieval Celtic World

Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early Medieval Celtic World
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Publisher : Sydney University Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9781743326954
ISBN-13 : 1743326955
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early Medieval Celtic World by : Professor Jonathan Wooding

Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early and Medieval Celtic World brings together a collection of studies that closely explore aspects of culture and history of Celtic-speaking nations. Non-narrative sources and cross-disciplinary approaches shed new light on traditional questions concerning commemoration,sources of political authority, and the nature of religious identity. Leading scholars and early-career researchers bring to bear hermeneutics from studies of religion and literary criticism alongside more traditional philological and historical methodologies. All the studies in this book bring to their particular tasks an acknowledgement of the importance of religion in the worldview of antiquity and the Middle Ages. Their approaches reflect a critical turn in Celtic studies that has proved immensely productive across the last two decades.

The Scottish Historical Review

The Scottish Historical Review
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105007807014
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The Scottish Historical Review by :

A new series of the Scottish antiquary established 1886.

The Celtic Monthly

The Celtic Monthly
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3529162
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

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The Reign of James VI

The Reign of James VI
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Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9781788854177
ISBN-13 : 1788854179
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The Reign of James VI by : Julian Goodare

The reign of James VI (1567–1625) remains one of the most enigmatic in Scottish history. There are long periods within it that resemble black holes in our knowledge. This study is a concerted attempt by a group of ten scholars of the reign, drawn from three different disciplines, to shed light on its politics and government, viewed through various perspectives. These include the royal court, which is analysed through its literature, architecture and ceremony; noble factionalism; relations with England; a revised model of tensions between church and state; and the relationship between the government and the Highlands, the Borders and the south west, a future region of opposition to Charles I. This study also analyses James as a literary author, correspondent, husband and 'universal king'. The book offers alternatives to accepted views of the reign, dismissing both Melvillianism and 'laissez faire monarchy' as useful tools. It sees the centre of politics as the interaction between an expanded and increasingly expensive royal court and a phenomenal growth of the state, based on a huge increase in legislation and the business of the Privy Council.

Celtic Monthly

Celtic Monthly
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HXCRAT
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (AT Downloads)

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