Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Celtic World

AvJennifer Dukes-Knight,Elizabeth Ricketts-Jones

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Twenty-Five Women Who Shaped the Celtic World takes readers on a whirlwind journey through over two millennia of sources that provide insight to the lives and lore of remarkable women in the Celtic tradition.From approximately 500 BCE, when the so-called ‘Lady of Vix’ was interred in her Hallstatt-era cart burial in what would become Central France, to the twelfth century when the Irish, Welsh, and Scots navigated the changes brought by Anglo-Norman colonization, women’s stories trace the rise and fall of the Celtic-speaking world. The chapters provide a broad and varied examination of historically attested women as well as the mythological, literary, and legendary women of the medieval tradition. Finally, women of the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ‘Celtic Revival’ movement demonstrate the continued significance of the ancient and medieval Celtic past into the modern era. While the Celtic past is all too often ignored or fetishized, this book provides readers with a concise yet fully contextualized introduction, valuable to anyone seeking to better their understanding of women’s history and Celtic history.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-26
Mått:129 x 198 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Twenty Five Women Who Shaped the...
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032256320

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Jennifer Dukes-Knight is a historian of the medieval North Atlantic, with a focus on the literary tradition of early medieval Ireland. She is an Associate Professor of Teaching and the Director of Graduate Studies at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She is a founding member and continuing affiliate of the Irish Studies Initiative of the University of South Florida Humanities Institute.Elizabeth Ricketts-Jones is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of English at the University of South Florida. She teaches literature, professional writing, and first year composition courses. Her teaching and research focus on 20th century Irish and Irish American literature. She is the faculty lead of the Irish Studies Initiative within the USF Humanities Institute. Dr. Ricketts-Jones also serves on the leadership team of the Southern Regional branch of the American Conference for Irish Studies.

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List of IllustrationsIntroductionPart One: Women of the Ancient Celtic WorldIntroduction1. The Lady of Vix2. Epona3. Cartimandua4. Boudica5. Macha MongrúadPart Two: Women of the Early ChurchIntroduction6. Saint Brigid7. Saint Gwenfrewi8. Saint Darerca9. Saint Non10. Saint ÍtePart Three: Medieval Literary WomenIntroduction11. Éiru12. Medb13. Rhiannon14. Emer15. MorgenPart Four: Medieval Political WomenIntroduction16. Gormflaith ingen Murchada17. Gruoch ingen Boite (Lady Macbeth)18. Margaret of Scotland19. Nest ferch Rhys20. Derbhforgaill ingen Máel SechlainnPart Five: Women of the Celtic RevivalIntroduction21. Lady Charlotte Guest22. Lady Augusta Gregory23. Ella Carmichael24. Sofia Morrison25. Margaret StokesIndex