Medievalists.net » Anglo-Celtic http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Early Medieval Celtic Art in Britain and Ireland: A Curator’s Perspective http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/27/early-medieval-celtic-art-in-britain-and-ireland-a-curators-perspective/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/27/early-medieval-celtic-art-in-britain-and-ireland-a-curators-perspective/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:00:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62816 Martin Golberg, Senior Curator at the National Museums of Scotland, travelled to the British Museum to give audiences perspective on the various pieces in the exhibit as well as an introduction to what constitutes “Celtic” art.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/27/early-medieval-celtic-art-in-britain-and-ireland-a-curators-perspective/feed/ 0 Who Were The Celts? The British Museum Offers Answers with New Exhibition http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:51:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61384 The British Museum just opened its latest exhibit, Celts: Art and Identity this past Thursday, covering 2,500 years of Celtic history. The exhibit explores Celtic identity and how it eveolved from the time of the Ancient Greeks to the present through art, culture, daily life, religion and politics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/feed/ 0 Britain and the Beginning of Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/14/britain-and-the-beginning-of-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/14/britain-and-the-beginning-of-scotland/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:20:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51103 Until recently it was generally held that Scotland first began to take shape with a union of Picts and Scots under Cinaed mac Ailpín, who died in 858.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/14/britain-and-the-beginning-of-scotland/feed/ 0 St. Ninian of Whithorn http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/09/st-ninian-of-whithorn/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/09/st-ninian-of-whithorn/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:40:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45632 My interest here is in finding usable information regarding the centuries before Bede and in the way in which new data, especially the outstanding recent archaeological discoveries at Whithom in Wigtownshire (which is certainly the site of Candida Casal. might support and add to his picture of St. Ninian and the importance of his church at Candida Casa.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/09/st-ninian-of-whithorn/feed/ 0 Functions of the Cantred in Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/functions-of-the-cantred-in-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/functions-of-the-cantred-in-medieval-ireland/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:39:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39907 The cantred as territorial division was recognised everywhere in Ireland by the Anglo-Norman colonists in the first decades of the establishment of the colony. The subsequent use made of these units depended on a number of variables.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/17/functions-of-the-cantred-in-medieval-ireland/feed/ 0 From Paganism to Christianity: Transition of the Insular Celts As Seen Through The Archaeological Record http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/21/from-paganism-to-christianity-transition-of-the-insular-celts-as-seen-through-the-archaeological-record/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/21/from-paganism-to-christianity-transition-of-the-insular-celts-as-seen-through-the-archaeological-record/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:57:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38196 These centuries of tension and adaptation provide the evidence for the interaction of Christianity and Celtic religions, but one must use caution when examining Celtic religion because of potentially biased evidence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/21/from-paganism-to-christianity-transition-of-the-insular-celts-as-seen-through-the-archaeological-record/feed/ 0 The Archaeology of Colonialism in Medieval Ireland: Shifting Patterns of Domination and Acculturation http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/the-archaeology-of-colonialism-in-medieval-ireland-shifting-patterns-of-domination-and-acculturation/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/the-archaeology-of-colonialism-in-medieval-ireland-shifting-patterns-of-domination-and-acculturation/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:05:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37302 This project seeks to identify the processes at work in Scandinavian and Anglo- Norman colonialism in Ireland, and their interaction with the landscape, by examining the impact of each phase of activity on the settlement pattern in two representative case-study regions. The successes, failures, similarities and differences of Scandinavian and Anglo-Norman settlement and society in Ireland are examined and compared in this project in terms of three sub-phases of the overall process, namely expansion, consolidation and domination, within an overall developmental diachronic framework.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/19/the-archaeology-of-colonialism-in-medieval-ireland-shifting-patterns-of-domination-and-acculturation/feed/ 0 The pattern of settlement on the Welsh border http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/the-pattern-of-settlement-on-the-welsh-border/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/the-pattern-of-settlement-on-the-welsh-border/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:55:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36761 The attempt made in this paper to answer these questions will be based almost entirely on Welsh evidence. The English evidence, examined and re- examined since the late nineteenth century, is already sufficiently familiar to members of the British Agricultural History Society.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/28/the-pattern-of-settlement-on-the-welsh-border/feed/ 0 Scandinavian Influences on the English Language http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/scandinavian-influences-on-the-english-language/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/scandinavian-influences-on-the-english-language/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:24:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29061 The Viking Age lasted roughly from the eighth century to the eleventh, with the Viking attacks on Europe beginning around 750 AD. The Scandinavians were excellent sailors, and they had impressive ships and navigational skills that carried them as far as North America (‘Vinland’) long before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/scandinavian-influences-on-the-english-language/feed/ 0 Miracles of healing in Anglo-Celtic Northumbria as recorded by the venerable Bede and his contemporaries: a reappraisal in the light of twentieth century experience http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/miracles-of-healing-in-anglo-celtic-northumbria-as-recorded-by-the-venerable-bede-and-his-contemporaries-a-reappraisal-in-the-light-of-twentieth-century-experience/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/miracles-of-healing-in-anglo-celtic-northumbria-as-recorded-by-the-venerable-bede-and-his-contemporaries-a-reappraisal-in-the-light-of-twentieth-century-experience/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:16:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25499 Miracles of healing in Anglo-Celtic Northumbria as recorded by the venerable Bede and his contemporaries: a reappraisal in the light of twentieth century experience By Rex Gardner British Medical Journal, Vol.283 (1983) Introduction: The vigorous hybrid culture of Briton and Angle’ blossomed in the seventh century into the amazing Northumbrian golden age whose artefacts still […]

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