The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland - Couverture souple

Brady, Lindy

 
9781009225632: The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1009225634 ISBN 13 : 9781009225632
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1009225634
ISBN 13 
9781009225632
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
284
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Avery
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9781009225618: The Origin Legends of Early Medieval Britain and Ireland

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ISBN 10 :  1009225618 ISBN 13 :  9781009225618
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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