Medievalists.net » 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 Celtic Mythology in the Arthurian Legend http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/31/celtic-mythology-in-the-arthurian-legend/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/31/celtic-mythology-in-the-arthurian-legend/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2015 03:57:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62177 The aim of this thesis is to find out whether there are some aspects, themes or symbols of the pagan Celtic mythology that appear in the Arthurian legend and if so, what role they play there and to what extent they influence the legend.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/31/celtic-mythology-in-the-arthurian-legend/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 5 Cool Celtic Things at the British Museum http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/27/5-cool-celtic-things-at-the-british-museum/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/27/5-cool-celtic-things-at-the-british-museum/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2015 12:35:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61363 I attended the opening of the British Museum's, Celts: Art and Identity exhibit on Sept 24th. It showcases stunning art, jewellery, weaponry, daily and religious objects to tell the story of the Celtic people.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/27/5-cool-celtic-things-at-the-british-museum/feed/ 0 Lughnasa and Lammas: Summer Holidays Lost and Found Again http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/01/lughnasa-and-lammas-summer-holidays-lost-and-found-again/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/01/lughnasa-and-lammas-summer-holidays-lost-and-found-again/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2015 18:18:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60133 For centuries two holidays were celebrated by neighboring peoples on the same day. The people were the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons, and their holidays were Lughnasa and Lammas respectively.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/01/lughnasa-and-lammas-summer-holidays-lost-and-found-again/feed/ 0 Researchers create genetic map of the British Isles http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/researchers-create-genetic-map-of-the-british-isles/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/researchers-create-genetic-map-of-the-british-isles/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:35:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56923 Many people in the UK feel a strong sense of regional identity, and it now appears that there may be a scientific basis to this feeling, according to a landmark new study into the genetic makeup of the British Isles.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/19/researchers-create-genetic-map-of-the-british-isles/feed/ 0 ARTICLES: The Deflation of the Medieval in Joyce’s Ulysses http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/articles-deflation-medieval-joyces-ulysses/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/articles-deflation-medieval-joyces-ulysses/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2014 07:47:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52772 For James Joyce, Irish nationalism, with its appeal to patriotic emotionality and promotion of interest in the archaic and medieval Irish past, was suspect.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/23/articles-deflation-medieval-joyces-ulysses/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 The Economy of Early Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/28/economy-early-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/28/economy-early-medieval-ireland/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:30:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49264 The Old Irish law tracts have been the subject of many serious studies. In the early twentieth century the forensic philology of the great European Celticists, such as Rudolf Thurneysen or Kuno Meyer, prepared the ground for later philologists, such as Daniel Binchy and Liam Breatnach.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/28/economy-early-medieval-ireland/feed/ 0 Sex and obscenity in medieval art http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/sex-and-obscenity-in-medieval-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/26/sex-and-obscenity-in-medieval-art/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:14:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47010 When researching early or ‘forbidden’ historical subjects it can be a considerable challenge finding primary sources that give a first-hand experience of contemporary events.

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