Church Sites and Other Settlements in Early Medieval Ireland: Densities, Distributions, Interactions

2017 ◽  
pp. 457-489
Author(s):  
Tomás Ó Carragáin
Keyword(s):  
Early Medieval ◽  
Medieval Ireland

Language and Identity in Early Medieval Ireland

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Caitriona Ô Dochartaigh
Keyword(s):  
Language And Identity ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Medieval Ireland

Movers and Shakers?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander O'Hara
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Background ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Medieval Ireland

This chapter considers Columbanus’s cultural background and how this influenced his dealings with women, both in early medieval Ireland and on the Continent. In particular, women as inspiration, patrons, and antagonists are portrayed as having had a formative influence on Columbanus, primarily in the Vita Columbani, written by Jonas of Bobbio. To what extent are these relationships true of Columbanus’s own experience? In order to tease this out more fully special attention will be given to women such as Columbanus’s unnamed mother as well as to the powerful queens, Brunhild and Theodelinda.

Making Provincial Kingship in Early Ireland: Cashel and the Creation of Munster

2019 ◽  
pp. 346-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gleeson
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Period ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Early Medieval Period ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Provincial Capital ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Medieval Ireland

This chapter explores the development of a kingdom of Munster through the lens of the evolution of the Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Traditionally regarded as the provincial capital of Munster from at least the beginning of the early medieval period, it is argued instead that the provincial status of the Rock emerged out of political discourses associated with the creation of a kingdom of Munster during the 7th to 9th centuries. Alternative seas of kingship, rivals to Cashel and the politics associated with these early centres of kingship are explored with reference to their wider implications for provincial models of later prehistoric and early medieval Ireland.

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