Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early Medieval Celtic World

292 Pages·2020·21.144 MB·English

by  Jonathan Wooding (editor), Lynette Olson (editor)

Prophecy, Fate and Memory
in the Early and Medieval
Celtic World
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DrPamelaO’NeillandProfessorJonathanWooding,SeriesEditors
TheSydneySeriesinCelticStudiespublishesmonographsandedited
collectionsoforiginalresearchinthefieldofCelticStudiesincluding
archaeology,art,history,law,languagesandliterature.Theseries
encompassesearlyandmedievalsubjects,aswellasthemodernCeltic
nationswiththeirdiasporas,andencouragesinnovativeapproachesto
traditionalquestionsinitsmajorfield.
1EarlyIrishContractLawbyN.McLeod
2TheCeltsinEuropebyA.Cremin
3OriginsandRevivals:ProceedingsoftheFirstAustralianConferenceofCeltic
StudiesbyG.Evans,B.Martin&J.M.Wooding(eds)
4LiteratureandPoliticsintheCelticWorld:PapersfromtheThirdAustralian
ConferenceofCelticStudiesbyP.O’Neill&J.M.Wooding(eds)
5Celtic-AustralianIdentities:Irish-andWelsh-AustralianStudiesfromthe
‘AustralianIdentities’Conference,UniversityCollegeDublin,July1996byJ.M.
Wooding&D.Day(eds)
6NationandFederationintheCelticWorld:PapersfromtheFourthAustralian
ConferenceofCelticStudiesbyP.O’Neill(ed.)
7BetweenIntrusions:BritainandIrelandbetweentheRomansandtheNormans
byP.O’Neill(ed.)
8ExileandHomecoming:PapersfromtheFifthAustralianConferenceofCeltic
StudiesbyP.O’Neill(ed.)
9CeltsinLegendandReality:PapersfromtheSixthAustralianConferenceof
CelticStudiesbyP.O’Neill(ed.)
10LanguageandPowerintheCelticWorld:PapersfromtheSeventhAustralian
ConferenceofCelticStudiesbyA.Ahlqvist&P.O’Neill(eds)
11CeltsandtheirCulturesatHomeandAbroad:AFestschriftforMalcolmBroun
byA.Ahlqvist&P.O’Neill(eds)
12TheLandbeneaththeSea:EssaysinHonourofAndersAhlqvist’sContribution
toCelticStudiesinAustralia P.O’Neill(ed.)
13LateMedievalIrishLawManuscripts:AReappraisalofMethodologyand
ContentbyR.Finnane
14MedievalIrishLaw:TextandContextbyA.Ahlqvist&P.O’Neill(eds)
15GrammaticalTablesforOldIrishcompiledbyA.Ahlqvist
16Germano-Celtica:AFestschriftforBrianTaylorbyA.Ahlqvist&P.O’Neill(eds)
17FirFesso:AFestschriftforNeilMcLeodbyA.Ahlqvist&P.O’Neill(eds)
Prophecy, Fate and Memory
in the Early and Medieval
Celtic World
Edited by
Jonathan M. Wooding and
Lynette Olson
Sydney Series in Celtic Studies 18
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Coverimage:StairwaytothemonasteryontheislandofSkelligMichael,Co.Kerry,Ireland.
PhotobyJ.M.Wooding(2002).
CoverdesignbyMiguelYamin.
Contents
Figures ix
Introduction:CraftedMemoriesandBindingFutures 1
JonathanM.Wooding
1 PoeninusandtheRomanisationoftheCelticAlps 14
BernardMees
2 Landscapes,Myth-MakingandMemory:Ecclesiastical 34
LandholdinginEarlyMedievalIreland
TomásÓCarragáin
3 RememberingandForgettingHolyMenandtheirPlaces: 52
AnInscriptionfromLlanllŷr,Wales
JonathanM.Wooding
4 EarlyIrishPeregrinatioasSalvationHistory 76
MeredithD.Cutrer
5 InsularInfluencesonCarolingianandOttonianLiterature 92
andArt
PenelopeNash
vii
Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early and Medieval Celtic World
6 TheDexiiabusivissaeculiandPropheticTraditionin 124
Seventh-CenturyIreland
ConstantJ.Mews
7 MemoriesofGildas:GildasandtheCollectiocanonum 148
Hibernensis
StephenJoyce
8 ArmesPrydeinasaLegacyofGildas 170
LynetteOlson
9 AWoman’sFate:DeirdreandGráinnethroughout 188
Literature
RoxanneT.Bodsworth
10 ‘NoRemissionwithoutSatisfaction’:CanonicalInfluences 208
onSecularLawmakinginHighMedievalScotland
CynthiaJ.Neville
11 Esoteric Tourism in Scotland: Rosslyn Chapel, The Da Vinci 246
Code,andtheAppealofthe‘NewAge’
CaroleM.Cusack
AbouttheAuthors 270
Index 274
viii
Figures
Figure1.1TheLiddesinscription.DrawingbyS.Casini-A.E.FossatifromCasini,
Stephania,Fossati,AngeloandMotta,Filippo2013L’iscrizionein
alfabetodiLuganoalMurd’Hannibal(Liddes,Valais),Notizie
ArcheologicheBergomensi21,157–65,fig.7. 17
Figure1.2AvotivefromthetempleattheGreatStBernardPass.AfterCastan,
Auguste1877Vesontiocolonieromaine,Revuearchéologiquen.s.33,
373‒80,figureonp.377. 19
Figure1.3DedicationstoPoininosfromtheValBrembana.AfterCasini,
StephaniaandFossati,Angelo2013Incisionirupestrieiscrizioni
preromaneaCarona,ValBrembana(Bergamo),Bulletindesétudes
préhistoriqueetarchéologiquealpines24,377–92:380. 22
Figure1.4TheBernezinctabletinscription.DrawingbyFellmannfromFellmann,
Rudolf1999DasZink-TäfelchenvomThormebodenwaldaufder
EngehalbinselbeiBernundseinekeltischeInschrift,Archäologieim
KantonBern4B,133–75,fig.3. 29
Figure1.5TheManchingBoiosinscription.DrawingbyBernardMees. 30
Figure2.1ThecoreestateofInchLabhrainneshowingearlymedievalsettlements
androute-sidemonuments.MapbyNickHoganandTomásÓ
Carragáin. 42
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Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early and Medieval Celtic World
Figure2.2CrossesinscribedintostandingstonesatEmlagh,Brackloon,
BallintermonandBallynacourty.DrawingbyNickHoganandTomásÓ
Carragáin. 44
Figure2.3StandingstoneinBrackloonwithnearbyrockoutcropdecoratedwith
prehistoricrock-art.Atleasttwointermentstookplacebetweenthese
twomonumentsintheearlymedievalperiodand,perhapslaterstill,the
standingstonewasincisedwithacross.PhotobyTomásÓCarragáin.45
Figure2.4StandingstoneinBallintermonshowingfifth-centuryogham
inscriptiondeliberatelydamagedbytheremovalofalargespallbeside
whichacrosswithexpandedterminalswasadded.PhotobyTomásÓ
Carragáin. 48
Figure2.5OthercrosssculptureonthelandsofInchLabhrainneinGortacurraun
(aandb),Ballinclare(c)andInchWest(d)(afterCuppage1986). 50
Figure3.1TheLlanllŷrinscription.PhotobyJonathanWooding. 55
Figure3.2Theflood-plainofLlanllŷr,lookingnorth,withthehouseinthecentre
andTrichrugbehindit.PhotobyJonathanWooding. 58
Figure5.1MapofEuropeshowingplacesmentionedinthetext.©Penelope
Nash. 102
Figure5.2Carpetpage,BookofDurrow.Source:TheYorckProject200210.000
MeisterwerkederMalerei(DVD-ROM),distributedbyDIRECTMEDIA
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Figure5.3TheLion,symbolofSaintMark,EchternachGospelsofStWillibrord.
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Figure5.4GospelBook,initialpagewithfiguredframe.Franco-SaxonSchool.
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