Tome: Studies in Medieval Celtic History and Law in Honour of Thomas Charles-Edwards

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Thomas Charles-Edwards, the distinguished scholar of medieval Britain and Ireland, has made important contributions to a number of fields, but is particularly renowned for his studies in Celtic history and law. In this volume, colleagues pay tribute to his work with essays that range across the medieval Celtic world, including medieval Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In the first part of the volume, they cover historical aspects (and, as is fitting, often reflect the honorand's interest in archaeology and epigraphy); in the second, they focus on medieval Irish and Welsh legal institutions and texts, which are used by some to inform new readings of literary texts. Title Contents Illustrations Fiona Edmonds and Paul Russell. Preface Contributors Abbreviations Susan Youngs. Cloud-Cuckoo Land? Some Christian Symbols from Post-Roman Britain Clare Stancliffe. Columbanus’s Monasticism and the Sources of his Inspiration: From Basil to the Master? Catherine Swift. Early Irish Priests within their Own Localities David N. Dumville. Political Organisation in Dál Riata Elizabeth O'Brien and Edel Bhreathnach. Irish Boundary "Ferta", their Physical Manifestation and Historical Context O. J. Padel. Asser's Parochia of Exeter Nancy Edwards. Viking-Age Sculpture in North-West Wales: Wealth, Power, Patronage and the Christian Landscape Thomas Owen Clancy. Iona v. Kells: Succession, Jurisdiction and Politics in the Columban "Familia" in the Later Tenth Century Marie Therese Flanagan. A Twelfth-Century Indulgence Granted by an Irish Bishop at Bath Priory Huw Pryce. Gerald of Wales, Gildas, and the "Descriptio Kambriae" Roy Flechner. Patrick's Reasons for Leaving Britain Robin Chapman Stacey. Learning Law in Medieval Ireland Wendy Davies. Holding Court: Judicial Presidency in Brittany, Wales and Northern Iberia in the Early Middle Ages Sara Elin Roberts. The Iorwerth Triads Fergus Kelly. The Recovery of Stolen Property: Notes on Legal Procedure in Gaelic Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man Bronagh Ní Chonaill. Contentious Kinship: The Penumbra of Established Kinship in Medieval Irish Law Charlene M. Eska. Marriage by Purchase in Early Irish Law Elva Johnston. Kingship Made Real? Power and the Public World in "Longes Mac nUislenn" Máire Ní Mhaonaigh. Mongán's Metamorphosis: "Compert Mongáin ocus Serc Duibe Lacha do Mongán", a Later Mongán Tale Maredudd ap Huw. A Bibliography of the Writings of Thomas Charles-Edwards Index Tabula Gratulatoria