Understanding Celtic Religion
Revisiting the Pagan Past
Editor(s) Katja Ritari,Alexandra Bergholm
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh and Celtic Studies, Religion
Series: New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology
- November 2015 · 240 pages ·216x138mm
- · Hardback - 9781783167920
- · eBook - epub - 9781783167937
- · eBook - pdf - 9781783167944
About The Book
Contents
1 Introduction: ‘Celtic Religion’: Is this a Valid Concept?, Alexandra Bergholm and Katja Ritari
2 Celtic Spells and Counterspells, Jacqueline Borsje (available Open Access at the University of Amsterdam Digital Academic Repository)
3 The Gods of Ireland in the Later Middle Ages, John Carey
4 Staging the Otherworld in Medieval Irish Literature, Joseph Falaky Nagy
5 The Biblical Dimension of Early Medieval Latin Texts, Thomas O’Loughlin
6 Ancient Irish Law Revisited: Rereading the Laws of Status and Franchise, Robin Chapman Stacey
7 A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre-Roman Celtic Religion, Jane Webster
Endorsements
‘This book contains a fine selection of scholarly articles of great interest to Celticists and history of religion experts alike.’
–Professor Anders Ahlqvist, University of Sydney
'The volume embodies both dignified and duly substantial opening of the series on Celtic religion and mythology and I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to find out the latest insights in Celtic research.'
- Pantheon
Contents
1 Introduction: ‘Celtic Religion’: Is this a Valid Concept?
Alexandra Bergholm and Katja Ritari
2 Celtic Spells and Counterspells
Jacqueline Borsje
3 The Gods of Ireland in the Later Middle Ages
John Carey
4 Staging the Otherworld in Medieval Irish Literature
Joseph Falaky Nagy
5 The Biblical Dimension of Early Medieval Latin Texts
Thomas O’Loughlin
6 Ancient Irish Law Revisited: Rereading the Laws of Status and Franchise
Robin Chapman Stacey
7 A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre-Roman Celtic Religion
Jane Webster