Prophecy of Berchn: Irish and Scottish High-Kings of the Early Middle Ages
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Prophecy of Berchn: Irish and Scottish High-Kings of the Early Middle Ages
By (Author) Benjamin T. Hudson
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
22nd July 1996
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
941.1010922
Physical Properties
Hardback
288
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
567g
Description
This work gives a text, an English translation, and a commentary on a medieval verse history of the kings of Ireland and Scotland from the 9th to the 11th centuries. The study examines the Prophecy of Berchan as a historical record with much to offer students of kingship among the Irish and Scots. Biographies of individual monarchs provided therein present the important events of each's career, the length of his reign, and the circumstances of his death. This study suggests new interpretations of British and Irish history during the early middle ages.
Reviews
[I]s a valuable, new and complete edition of this poem following the fortunes of Irish and Scottish kings form the mid 9th to the late 11th centuries.-Celtic Languages
"Is a valuable, new and complete edition of this poem following the fortunes of Irish and Scottish kings form the mid 9th to the late 11th centuries."-Celtic Languages
"[I]s a valuable, new and complete edition of this poem following the fortunes of Irish and Scottish kings form the mid 9th to the late 11th centuries."-Celtic Languages
Author Bio
BENJAMIN T. HUDSON is Assistant Professor of History and Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His first book was The Kings of Celtic Scotland (Greenwood, 1994).
