Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World PDF
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Studies in Celtic History XXV SAINTS’ CULTS IN THE CELTIC WORLD Thewayinwhichsaints’cultsoperatedacrossandbeyondpolitical,ethnic andlinguisticboundariesinthemedievalBritishIslesandIreland,fromthe sixthtothesixteenthcenturies,isthesubjectofthisbook.Inaseriesofcase studies,thecontributionshighlightthefactorsthatallowedparticularcultsto prosperin,orthatmadethemrelevantto,avarietyofculturalcontexts.The collection has a particular emphasis on northern Britain, and the role of devotional interests in connecting or shaping a number of polities and cultural identities (Pictish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Irish, Welsh and English)inaworldoffluidpoliticalandterritorialboundaries.Althoughthe bulkofthestudiesareconcernedwiththesignificanceofcultsintheinsular context,manyofthearticlesalsotouchonthedevelopmentofpan-European devotions(suchasthecultsofStBrendan,TheThreeKingsorStGeorge). STUDIES IN CELTIC HISTORY ISSN 0261–9865 General editors Dauvit Broun Máire Ní Mhaonaigh Huw Pryce StudiesinCelticHistoryaimstoprovideaforumfornewresearchintoallaspects of the history of Celtic-speaking peoples throughout the whole of the medieval period. The term ‘history’ is inderstood broadly: any study, regardless of disci- pline, which advances our knowledge and understanding of the history of Celtic-speaking peoples will be considered. Studies of primary sources, and of new methods of exploiting such sources, are encouraged. Founded by Professor David Dumville, the series was relaunched under new editorshipin1997.Proposalsorqueriesmaybesentdirectlytotheeditorsatthe addressesgivenbelow;allsubmissionswillreceivepromptandinformedconsid- eration before being sent to expert readers. Prof.DauvitBroun,DepartmentofHistory(Scottish),UniversityofGlasgow,9 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QH Dr Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, St John’s College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP Prof.HuwPryce,DepartmentofHistoryandWelshHistory,BangorUniversity, Gwynedd LL57 2DG For titles already published in this series see the end of this volume SAINTS’ CULTS IN THE CELTIC WORLD Edited by STEVE BOARDMAN, JOHN REUBEN DAVIES AND EILA WILLIAMSON THE BOYDELL PRESS © Contributors 2009 All Rights Reserved.Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 2009 The Boydell Press, Woodbridge ISBN 978–1–84383–432–8 The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA website: www.boydellandbrewer.com A catalogue record of this publication is available from the British Library The publisher has no responsibility for the continued existence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate This publication is printed on acid-free paper Typeset by Pru Harrison, Hacheston, Suffolk Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire CONTENTS List of Illustrations vi List of Contributors vii Abbreviations ix Editors’ Preface xi 1 Rochester, Hexham and Cennrígmonaid: the movements of 1 St Andrew in Britain, 604–747 James E. Fraser 2 The cults of Saints Patrick and Palladius in early medieval Scotland 18 Thomas Owen Clancy 3 Personal names and the cult of Patrick in eleventh-century 42 Strathclyde and Northumbria Fiona Edmonds 4 Bishop Kentigern among the Britons 66 John Reuben Davies 5 Adjacent saints’ dedications and early Celtic History 91 Karen Jankulak 6 Cuthbert the cross-border saint in the twelfth century 119 Sally Crumplin 7 David of Scotland: ‘Vir tam necessarius mundo’ 130 Joanna Huntington 8 The cult of Saint George in Scotland 146 Steve Boardman 9 The cult of the Three Kings of Cologne in Scotland 160 Eila Williamson 10 The medieval and early modern cult of St Brendan 180 Jonathan M. Wooding General Index 205 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Map Churches dedicated to St Patrick in the kingdom of Strathclyde and 41 surrounding areas Table Gospatrics in the house of Bamburgh 43 vi LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS STEVEBOARDMANisReaderinScottishHistory,SchoolofHistory,Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh THOMASOWENCLANCYisProfessorofCeltic,DepartmentofCeltic,Univer- sity of Glasgow SALLYCRUMPLINisResearchAssistantfortheSitesandMonumentsRecord of Aberdeen City Council JOHN REUBEN DAVIES is Research Fellow in Scottish History, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh FIONA EDMONDS is Lecturer in Celtic History, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge JAMESE.FRASERisLecturerinEarlyScottishHistoryandCulture,Schoolof History,ClassicsandArchaeology(ScottishHistory),andSchoolofLanguages, Literatures and Cultures (Celtic and Scottish Studies), University of Edinburgh JOANNA HUNTINGTON is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle KAREN JANKULAK is Lecturer in Medieval History, Department of History, University of Wales, Lampeter EILAWILLIAMSONisResearchFellowinScottishHistory,SchoolofHistory, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh JONATHANM.WOODINGisDirectoroftheCentrefortheStudyofReligionin Celtic Societies, University of Wales, Lampeter vii
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