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Saints' Cults in the Celtic World
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Edited by:
Steven Boardman
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With contributions by:
Eila Williamson
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English
Published/Copyright:
2009
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Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies.
The way in which saints' cults operated across and beyond political, ethnic and linguistic boundaries in the medieval British Isles and Ireland, from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries, is the subject of this book. In a series of case studies, the contributions highlight the factors that allowed particular cults to prosper in, or that made them relevant to, a variety of cultural contexts. The collection has a particular emphasis on northern Britain, andthe role of devotional interests in connecting or shaping a number of polities and cultural identities (Pictish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Irish, Welsh and English) in a world of fluid political and territorial boundaries. Althoughthe bulk of the studies are concerned with the significance of cults in the insular context, many of the articles also touch on the development of pan-European devotions (such as the cults of St Brendan, The Three Kings or St George).
Contributors: James E. Fraser, Thomas Owen Clancy, Fiona Edmonds, John Reuben Davies, Karen Jankulak, Sally Crumplin, Joanna Huntington, Steve Boardman, Eila Williamson, Jonathan Wooding
The way in which saints' cults operated across and beyond political, ethnic and linguistic boundaries in the medieval British Isles and Ireland, from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries, is the subject of this book. In a series of case studies, the contributions highlight the factors that allowed particular cults to prosper in, or that made them relevant to, a variety of cultural contexts. The collection has a particular emphasis on northern Britain, andthe role of devotional interests in connecting or shaping a number of polities and cultural identities (Pictish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Irish, Welsh and English) in a world of fluid political and territorial boundaries. Althoughthe bulk of the studies are concerned with the significance of cults in the insular context, many of the articles also touch on the development of pan-European devotions (such as the cults of St Brendan, The Three Kings or St George).
Contributors: James E. Fraser, Thomas Owen Clancy, Fiona Edmonds, John Reuben Davies, Karen Jankulak, Sally Crumplin, Joanna Huntington, Steve Boardman, Eila Williamson, Jonathan Wooding
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Contributor: Steven Boardman
Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland.
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Contributor: Fiona Edmonds
Dr FIONA EDMONDS is Professor of History and Director of the Regional Heritage Centre at Lancaster University.
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Contributor: Steven Boardman
Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland.
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Frontmatter
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CONTENTS
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
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ABBREVIATIONS
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EDITORS’ PREFACE
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1 ROCHESTER, HEXHAM AND CENNRÍGMONAID: THE MOVEMENTS OF ST ANDREW IN BRITAIN, 604–747
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2 THE CULTS OF SAINTS PATRICK AND PALLADIUS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND
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3 PERSONAL NAMES AND THE CULT OF PATRICK IN ELEVENTH-CENTURY STRATHCLYDE AND NORTHUMBRIA
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4 BISHOP KENTIGERN AMONG THE BRITONS
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5 ADJACENT SAINTS’ DEDICATIONS AND EARLY CELTIC HISTORY
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6 CUTHBERT THE CROSS-BORDER SAINT IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY
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7 DAVID OF SCOTLAND: ‘VIR TAM NECESSARIUS MUNDO
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8 THE CULT OF ST GEORGE IN SCOTLAND
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9 THE CULT OF THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE IN SCOTLAND
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10 THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN CULT OF ST BRENDAN
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INDEX
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Keywords for this book
Saints Cults; Medieval British Isles; Ireland; Cultural Context; Devotional Interests; Northern Britain; Political Boundaries; Territorial Boundaries; Pan-European Devotions; St Brendan; The Three Kings; St George; Saints' Cults; Cultural Contexts; St. Brendan; St. George
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
