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Author : afterwards CHADWICK KERSHAW (Nora)
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9781001287935
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (879 download)
Download or read book An Early Irish Reader written by afterwards CHADWICK KERSHAW (Nora) and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1927 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norah K. Chadwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780404175597
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (755 download)
Download or read book An Early Irish Reader written by Norah K. Chadwick and published by . This book was released on 1991-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norah Kershaw Chadwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Early Irish Reader written by Norah Kershaw Chadwick and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Myles Dillon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Early Irish Literature written by Myles Dillon and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Early Irish Literature written by Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the rich written heritage of the Old and Middle Irish period, 600-1200. Chapters deal with such topics as druids, monks, poets, the beginnings of writing manuscripts, saga cycles, and stories about kings, kingship and sovereignty goddesses.
Author : J. P. Mallory
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500773351
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book In Search of the Irish Dreamtime: Archaeology and Early Irish Literature written by J. P. Mallory and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland's oldest traditions excavated via archaeological, genetic, and linguistic research, culminating in atruly groundbreaking publication Following his account of Irish origins drawing on archaeology, genetics, and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to investigate what he calls the Irish Dreamtime: the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval manuscripts. He explores the historical backbone of this version of the earliest history of Ireland, which places apparently mythological events on a concrete timeline of invasions, colonization, and royal reigns that extends even further back in time than the history of classical Greece. The juxtaposition of traditional Dreamtime tales and scientific facts expands on what we already know about the way of life in Iron Age Ireland. By comparing the world depicted in the earliest Irish literary tradition with the archaeological evidence available on the ground, Mallory explores Ireland’s rich mythological tradition and tests its claims to represent reality.
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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141934816
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Early Irish Myths and Sagas written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1981-09-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the stunning 'Exile of the Sons of Uisliu' - a tale of treachery, honour and romance - these are masterpieces of passion and vitality, and form the foundation for the Irish literary tradition: a mythic legacy that was a powerful influence on the work of Yeats, Synge and Joyce.
Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307755134
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book How the Irish Saved Civilization written by Thomas Cahill and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
Author : Rudolf Thurneysen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Old Irish reader written by Rudolf Thurneysen and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kim McCone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A First Old Irish Grammar and Reader written by Kim McCone and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OLD/MIDDLE IRISH LANGUAGE, MEDIEVAL IRISH LITERATURE, TEXTUAL STUDIES.
Author : Richard Tillinghast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Finding Ireland written by Richard Tillinghast and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Tillinghast writes vividly and evocatively about the land and people of his adopted home, its culture, its literature, and its long, complex history.
Author : Michael J. O'Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521336871
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Early Ireland written by Michael J. O'Kelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-04-06 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engagingly written and packed with illustrations, Early Ireland offers an authoritative introduction to the riches of Irish prehistory.
Author : Frank Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Reading the Irish Landscape written by Frank Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third revision of this seminal work. Co-authored by original author Frank Mitchell and now Michael Ryan, the result is a stunning collaboration between masters giving all the elements of the original book, modified, updated and further enhanced by the inclusion of a new narrative of Irish archaeology from the Stone Age to the Norman Invasion. Together they have successfully undertaken the daunting task of giving in one book the story of the shaping of the land from the beginning of time until now, by all tbe varying forces of nature, sea, climate, man and machine. The story takes in the shaping of the crust, the movement of glaciers, the first men and their primitive agriculture, their buildings and their effect on the forests, the growth of bogs, new migrations, the rise of the monasteries of the Early Christians and the castles of conquest, the devastation of war, urban growth, modern agriculture and afforestation, all set against the backdrop of the landscape, arguably one Ireland's most precious resources.
Author : Julius Pokorny
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5877498878
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (774 download)
Download or read book A concise Old Irish grammar and reader written by Julius Pokorny and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1913 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carmel McCaffrey
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
ISBN 13 : 1461655692
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Download or read book In Search of Ancient Ireland written by Carmel McCaffrey and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 2003-06-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book traces the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C., when nomadic hunter-gatherers appeared in Ireland at the end of the last Ice Age to 1167 A.D., when a Norman invasion brought the country under control of the English crown for the first time. So much of what people today accept as ancient Irish history—Celtic invaders from Europe turning Ireland into a Celtic nation; St. Patrick driving the snakes from Ireland and converting its people to Christianity—is myth and legend with little basis in reality. The truth is more interesting. The Irish, as the authors show, are not even Celtic in an archaeological sense. And there were plenty of bishops in Ireland before a British missionary called Patrick arrived. But In Search of Ancient Ireland is not simply the story of events from long ago. Across Ireland today are festivals, places, and folk customs that provide a tangible link to events thousands of years past. The authors visit and describe many of these places and festivals, talking to a wide variety of historians, scholars, poets, and storytellers in the very settings where history happened. Thus the book is also a journey on the ground to uncover ten thousand years of Irish identity. In Search of Ancient Ireland is the official companion to the three-part PBS documentary series. With 14 black-and-white photos, 6 b&w illustrations, and 1 map.
Author : Clare Downham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108546846
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Medieval Ireland written by Clare Downham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the wealth of under-explored evidence available, Downham challenges this popular notion and demonstrates what a culturally rich and diverse place medieval Ireland was. Starting in the fifth century, when St Patrick arrived on the island, and ending in the fifteenth century, with the efforts of the English government to defend the lands which it ruled directly around Dublin by building great ditches, this up-to-date and accessible survey charts the internal changes in the region. Chapters dispute the idea of an archaic society in a wide-range of areas, with a particular focus on land-use, economy, society, religion, politics and culture. This concise and accessible overview offers a fresh perspective on Ireland in the Middle Ages and overthrows many enduring stereotypes.
Author : Maureen O'Rourke Murphy
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815630387
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book An Irish Literature Reader written by Maureen O'Rourke Murphy and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a volume that has become a standard text in Irish studies and serves as a course-friendly alternative to the Field Day anthology, editors Maureen O’Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature, including Old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs, and drama. For each author the editors provide a biographical sketch, a brief discussion of how his or her selections relate to a larger body of work, and a selected bibliography. In addition, this new volume includes a larger sampling of women writers.
