Saints’ Cults in the Celtic World

238 Pages·2009·1.781 MB·English

by  Steve Boardman, John Reuben Davies, Eila Williamson (eds.)

Studies in Celtic History XXV
SAINTS’ CULTS IN THE CELTIC WORLD
Thewayinwhichsaints’cultsoperatedacrossandbeyondpolitical,ethnic
andlinguisticboundariesinthemedievalBritishIslesandIreland,fromthe
sixthtothesixteenthcenturies,isthesubjectofthisbook.Inaseriesofcase
studies,thecontributionshighlightthefactorsthatallowedparticularcultsto
prosperin,orthatmadethemrelevantto,avarietyofculturalcontexts.The
collection has a particular emphasis on northern Britain, and the role of
devotional interests in connecting or shaping a number of polities and
cultural identities (Pictish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Irish, Welsh and
English)inaworldoffluidpoliticalandterritorialboundaries.Althoughthe
bulkofthestudiesareconcernedwiththesignificanceofcultsintheinsular
context,manyofthearticlesalsotouchonthedevelopmentofpan-European
devotions(suchasthecultsofStBrendan,TheThreeKingsorStGeorge).
STUDIES IN CELTIC HISTORY
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Máire Ní Mhaonaigh
Huw Pryce
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SAINTS’ CULTS IN THE
CELTIC WORLD
Edited by
STEVE BOARDMAN, JOHN REUBEN DAVIES AND
EILA WILLIAMSON
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations vi
List of Contributors vii
Abbreviations ix
Editors’ Preface xi
1 Rochester, Hexham and Cennrígmonaid: the movements of 1
St Andrew in Britain, 604–747
James E. Fraser
2 The cults of Saints Patrick and Palladius in early medieval Scotland 18
Thomas Owen Clancy
3 Personal names and the cult of Patrick in eleventh-century 42
Strathclyde and Northumbria
Fiona Edmonds
4 Bishop Kentigern among the Britons 66
John Reuben Davies
5 Adjacent saints’ dedications and early Celtic History 91
Karen Jankulak
6 Cuthbert the cross-border saint in the twelfth century 119
Sally Crumplin
7 David of Scotland: ‘Vir tam necessarius mundo’ 130
Joanna Huntington
8 The cult of Saint George in Scotland 146
Steve Boardman
9 The cult of the Three Kings of Cologne in Scotland 160
Eila Williamson
10 The medieval and early modern cult of St Brendan 180
Jonathan M. Wooding
General Index 205
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Map
Churches dedicated to St Patrick in the kingdom of Strathclyde and 41
surrounding areas
Table
Gospatrics in the house of Bamburgh 43
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
STEVEBOARDMANisReaderinScottishHistory,SchoolofHistory,Classics
and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
THOMASOWENCLANCYisProfessorofCeltic,DepartmentofCeltic,Univer-
sity of Glasgow
SALLYCRUMPLINisResearchAssistantfortheSitesandMonumentsRecord
of Aberdeen City Council
JOHN REUBEN DAVIES is Research Fellow in Scottish History, School of
History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
FIONA EDMONDS is Lecturer in Celtic History, Department of Anglo-Saxon,
Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Clare College,
Cambridge
JAMESE.FRASERisLecturerinEarlyScottishHistoryandCulture,Schoolof
History,ClassicsandArchaeology(ScottishHistory),andSchoolofLanguages,
Literatures and Cultures (Celtic and Scottish Studies), University of Edinburgh
JOANNA HUNTINGTON is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, School of
Historical Studies, University of Newcastle
KAREN JANKULAK is Lecturer in Medieval History, Department of History,
University of Wales, Lampeter
EILAWILLIAMSONisResearchFellowinScottishHistory,SchoolofHistory,
Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
JONATHANM.WOODINGisDirectoroftheCentrefortheStudyofReligionin
Celtic Societies, University of Wales, Lampeter
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