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Klappentext This 1982 collection examines Ireland's relations with the rest of western Europe between AD 400 and 1200. Zusammenfassung This 1982 collection examines Ireland's relations with the rest of western Europe between AD 400 and 1200. It illustrates the view! firmly held by Kathleen Hughes! the volume's dedicatee! that early Irish history! religion! politics and art should be seen not in isolation but as vital contributors to the development of European culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of plates; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviation; Foreword; 1. Kathleen Winifred Hughes 1926-1977 Rosamond McKitterick; 2. Bibliography of the publications of Kathleen Hughes David Dumville; Part I: 3. Red, white and blue martyrdom Clare Stancliffe; 4. Bishop Ecgred, Phetred and Niall Dorothy Whitelock; 5. Dignatio diei dominici: an element in the iconography of Irish crosses Ann Hamlin; Part II: 6. Pictish art and the Book of Kells Isabel Henderson; 7. Dalriada and the creation of the kingdom of the Scots Marjorie O. Anderson; 8. Matriliny by treaty: the Pictish foundation-legend Molly Miller; Part III: 9. A pre-Christian survival in mediaeval Irish hagiography D. A. Binchy; 10. The cult of St Indract at Glastonbury Michael Lapdige; 11. Foreign connections and domestic politics: Killaloe and the Uí Briain in twelfth-century hagiography Donnchadh ó Corráin; Part IV: 12. The evidence for vernacular Irish literary influence on early mediaeval Welsh literature Patrick Sims-Williams; 13. The Latin charter-tradition in western Britain, Brittany and Ireland in the early mediaeval period Wendy Davies; 14. Periphyseon: the descent of the Uncompleted Copy T. A. M. Bishop; Part V: 15. Episodes in the history of Easter cycles in Ireland Kenneth Harrison; 16. Latin and Irish in the Annals of Ulster, AD 431-1050 David Dumville; Part VI: 17. The Vikings and Ireland Peter Sawyer; 18. Ireland and western Gaul in the Merovingian period Edward James; Index of manuscripts; General Index....
