Landscapes of cult and kingship / Roseanne Schot, Conor Newman & Edel Bhreathnach, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schot, Roseanne.

Newman, Conor

Bhreathnach, Edel

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Irish

Subjects (All):

Archaeology and history.

Landscape archaeology.

Ireland--Kings and rulers.

Ireland.

Kings and rulers.

Ireland--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Ireland--History.

History.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ireland.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Landscape archaeology--Ireland.

Archaeology and history--Ireland.

Physical Description:

xviii, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts, [2011]

Language Note:

English; some text in Irish with English translations.

Summary:

Archaeologists, medievalists, geographers, and other scholars explore the nature of kingship as expressed (mostly) in Ireland; the profile of royal and lordly landscapes; and all the ceremonies, beliefs, and customs that amassed around such landscapes in prehistory and the medieval period. Among their topics are death-tales of the early kings of Tara, the provincial ceremonial capitals in early medieval Ireland, the origins of closely spaced multivallate monuments in Ireland, and place names and the understanding of monuments. The anthology is expanded from presentations at a June 2009 conference in Galway. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 From sacred marriage to clientship: a mythical account of the establishment of kingship as an institution / Marion Deane Deane, Marion 1

2 The sacral landscape of Tara: a preliminary exploration / Conor Newman Newman, Conor 22

3 Death-tales of the early kings of Tara / Muireann Ni Bhrolcháin Bhrolcháin, Muireann Ni 44

4 Supernatural arts, the landscape and kingship in early Irish texts / Bridgette Slavin Slavin, Bridgette 66

5 From cult centre to royal centre: monuments, myths and other revelations at Uisneach / Roseanne Schot Schot, Roseanne 87

6 Imperial snake and eternal fires: mythified power in a Himalayan sacred site of royalty (Dullu, Nepal) / Marie Lecomte-Tilouine Lecomte-Tilouine, Marie 114

7 Transforming kingship and cult: the provincial ceremonial capitals in early medieval Ireland / Edel Bhreathnach Bhreathnach, Edel 126

8 Three 'royal sites' in Co. Donegal / Brian Lacey Lacey, Brian 149

9 Evoking the white mare: the cult landscape of Sgiath Gabhra and its medieval perception in Gaelic Fir Mhanach / Elizabeth FitzPatrick FitzPatrick, Elizabeth, Eileen Murphy Murphy, Eileen, Ronan McHugh McHugh, Ronan, Colm Donnelly Donnelly, Colm, Claire Foley Foley, Claire 163

10 Continuity, cult and contest / John Waddell Waddell, John 192

11 The architecture of power: an exploration of the origins of closely spaced multivallate monuments in Ireland / Ger Dowling Dowling, Ger 213

12 Place-names and the understanding of monuments / Kay Muhr Muhr, Kay 232

13 The inauguration ode? / Ann Dooley Dooley, Ann 256.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-300) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781846822193

184682219X

OCLC:

551377373