An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: (30 Later Medieval Europe)

Medieval and early modern Irish scholars thought of themselves as Europeans. As an expression of territorial association, this belief reflects both their familiarity with the geographical traditions of Antiquity and the integration of their society into economic, cultural, and political networks that spanned the continent. But it was also an articulation of a perceived cultural affinity often denied in modern scholarship. The chapters in this volume examine the many and various ways that Gaelic Ireland was integrated into the broader, European world, focusing on literature and learning; real-world politics, economics, and travel; and questions of identity. Contributors are: Rachel Brody, Michael Clarke, Simon Egan, Deborah Hayden, Brendan Kane, Victoria L. McAlister, Ken Ó Donnchu, Patricia Palmer, Brian Stone, and Patrick Wadden.

Table of Contents:
Preface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Gaelic Ireland in Premodern Europe  Brendan Kane and Patrick Wadden part 1: Learning and Literature 2 Irish Antiquity in the Mesh of World History: the Battle of Moytura and the Fall of Troy  Michael Clarke 3 Rhetoric, Prosopopeia, and History: the Book of Leinster Táin Bó Cúailnge  Brian Stone 4 Textual Transfer, Irish Remedy Collections, and the Vernacularisation of Medical Learning in Late-medieval Europe  Deborah Hayden 5 Maghnus Ó Domhnaill’s Translations from Spanish (c.1694–1706): Texts and Contexts  Ken Ó Donnchú part 2: Living in the World: Politics, Economics, and Travel 6 Taking Ireland Out of the Periphery of the Early Medieval Northern European Economy, c.600–800 A.D.  Rachel I. Brody 7 “They Live on Beasts Only, and Live Like Beasts”  Victoria L. McAlister 8 From the Shannon to the Danube: Gaelic Irish Lordship in Its European Context, c.1169–c.1650  Simon Egan 9 Beannaigh an long-sa / “Bless this ship”: the Sea and the Prolegomenon of Exile  Patricia Palmer part 3: European Identities in Pre-Modern Ireland 10 Europe in Early Medieval Ireland  Patrick Wadden 11 Europe as Concept and Identifier in Early Modern Irish Texts  Brendan Kane Index

About the Author :
Brendan Kane is Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. In addition to publishing research on early modern Ireland and England, he is a founding co-director of the digital humanities project Léamh.org: Learn Early Modern Irish (c. 1200-1650). Patrick Wadden is Professor of History at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. He works primarily on the history and learned culture of early medieval Ireland. He is co-editor of Origin Legends in Early Medieval Western Europe (Brill, 2022).