The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
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- Author: Lindy Brady, Edge Hill University
- Date Published: August 2022
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009225618
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The inhabitants of early medieval Britain and Ireland shared the knowledge that the region held four peoples and the awareness that they must have originally come from 'elsewhere'. The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland studies these peoples' origin stories, an important genre that has shaped national identity and collective history from the early medieval period to the present day. These multilingual texts share many common features that repay their study as a genre, but have previously been isolated as four disparate traditions and used to argue for the long roots of current nationalisms. Yet they were not written or read in isolation during the medieval period. Individual narratives were in constant development, written and rewritten to respond to other texts. This book argues that insular origin legends developed together to flesh out the history of the insular region as a whole.
Read more- Takes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and comparative approach to a multi-lingual body of evidence
- Brings historical evidence to texts often discarded as literary in order to demonstrate the constructed nature of these works during the early medieval period
- Provides a timely discussion of the hot-button issue of nationalism in the Middle Ages in light of Brexit
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'A welcome and precious reading of the Insular origin narratives, The origin legends of early medieval Britain and Ireland proves to be a useful window on mentalities of the time. … A thoughtful and honest piece of academic writing, this book … will hopefully produce further discussion and inspiration in searching for fresh approaches toward the reading of early medieval historical and 'pseudo-historical' production.' Donato Sitaro, North American Journal of Celtic Studies
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- Date Published: August 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009225618
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 159 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.55kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction. Framing history
1. Textual connections
2. Exile
3. Kin-slaying
4. Intermarriage and incest
5. Early medieval origin legends in early modern histories
Conclusion. Origin legends and local history.
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