Gaelic Influence in the Northumbrian Kingdom
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- ISBN 9781837650279
- Weight: 492g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 04 Apr 2023
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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WINNER OF THE FRANK WATSON BOOK PRIZE 2021.
SHORTLISTED IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2021
The first full-scale, interdisciplinary treatment of the wide-ranging connections between the Gaelic world and the Northumbrian kingdom.
Northumbria was the most northerly Anglo-Saxon kingdom; its impressive landscape featured two sweeping coastlines, which opened the area to a variety of cultural connections. This book explores influences that emanated from the Gaelic-speaking world, including Ireland, the Isle of Man, Argyll and the kingdom of Alba (the nascent Scottish kingdom). It encompasses Northumbria's "Golden Age", the kingdom's political and scholarly high-point of the seventh and early eighth centuries, and culminates with the kingdom's decline and fragmentation in the Viking Age, which opened up new links with Gaelic-Scandinavian communities. Political and ecclesiastical connections are discussed in detail; the study also covers linguistic contact, material culture and the practicalities of travel, bringing out the realities of contemporary life. This interdisciplinary approach sheds new light on the west and north of the Northumbrian kingdom, the areas linked most closely with the Gaelic world. Overall, the book reveals the extent to which Gaelic influence was multi-faceted, complex and enduring.
Dr FIONA EDMONDS is Reader in History and Director of the Regional Heritage Centre at Lancaster University.
Dr FIONA EDMONDS is Professor of History and Director of the Regional Heritage Centre at Lancaster University.
