Language and Power in the Celtic World : Papers from the Seventh Australian Conference of Celtic Studies Paperback / softback

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CONTENTS:Preface by Anders Ahlqvist & Pamela O'NeillThe Drinking of Blood in the Ritual Context of Mourning by Alexandra Bergholm'Saint Patrick's Oath' by Liam BreatnachLiterary History and the Medieval Canon in Wales by Helen FultonSome Eighteenth-century Developments in Scottish Gaelic Poetry by William GilliesCausation in Medieval Irish Law by Jade HarmanThe Connection Between Fenian Lays, Liturgical Chant, Recitative, and Dán Díreach: a Pre-Medieval Narrative Song Tradition by Aindrias HirtThe Place of Women in Early Irish Society, with Special Reference to the Law of Marriage by Fergus KellyLost & Found - Reinstating Playwright Edward Geoghegan (1813-1869) and his Most Controversial Play, The Hibernian Father (1844) by Gay Lynch & Janet TepelosiReading with Rhydderch: Mabinogion Texts in Manuscript Context by Catherine McKennaIs there Vowel Harmony in Irish and Scottish Gaelic? by Malachy McKennaCáin Adomnáin and the Lombards by Neil McLeod Sifting the Wreckage of Gaelic Culture in Victoria by Val NooneLanguage Resilience and Self-Esteem by Pierre Noyer Conchobor and His Court at Emain by Tomás Ó CathasaighUnravelling Time in Early Irish Law by Pamela O'NeillExile and Authority in Lebor Gabála Érenn by Veronica PhillipsThe Early Welsh Harp Music of the Robert ap Huw Manuscript by Chris RidgwayBizarre, Grotesque and Macabre: Gender and Humour in Early Irish Hagiography by Celia ScottFrom Repeal to Revolution: The Evolution of John Mitchel's Political Thought 1843-48 by Andrew Shields