Heroes of their time: The development of heroism in early Irish literature

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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, David Emmet Austin
dc.contributor.editorO'Driscoll, Conoren
dc.contributor.editorNiemitz, Lorenzoen
dc.contributor.editorMurphy, Stephenen
dc.contributor.editorCheemarla, Vinay Kumar Reddyen
dc.contributor.editorMeyer, Melissa Isabellaen
dc.contributor.editorTaylor, David Emmet Austinen
dc.contributor.editorCluzel, Gastonen
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T08:37:02Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T08:37:02Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThough medieval Irish literature is awash with characters described as ‘heroes’ by scholars and the public alike, such as Cú Chulainn and Finn mac Cumailll, what precisely is meant when we describe these characters as heroic remains uncertain. This project argues that, based on an intensive comparative study of two hundred and fifty-one medieval Irish works of heroic literature, drawn predominantly from the seventh through the fifteenth centuries, that there are six common qualities connecting medieval Irish heroes. These six qualities do not exist in a vacuum they emerged in response to cultural factors and were modified as society developed. At least two of the qualities are potentially based in ancient Celtic cultural practices described by Classical authors, while others appear to be rooted in medieval Irish aristocratic lifestyles. All six qualities change as they are influenced by historical events that shift how medieval Ireland conceptualizes aristocratic violence, such as the Norse and Norman invasions.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationTaylor, D. E. A. (2022) 'Heroes of their time: The development of heroism in early Irish literature', The Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Cork, 6, pp. 197-202. doi: 10.33178/boolean.2022.1.32en
dc.identifier.doi10.33178/boolean.2022.1.32
dc.identifier.endpage202
dc.identifier.issued1
dc.identifier.journalabbrevThe Booleanen
dc.identifier.journaltitleThe Boolean: Snapshots of Doctoral Research at University College Corken
dc.identifier.startpage197
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14648
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Boolean, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ucc.ie/index.php/boolean/article/view/boolean-2022-33
dc.rights© 2022, the Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectHeroismen
dc.subjectLiteratureen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectViolenceen
dc.subjectCelticen
dc.subjectHeroen
dc.subjectMedievalen
dc.subjectHeadhuntingen
dc.subjectWarrioren
dc.titleHeroes of their time: The development of heroism in early Irish literatureen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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