IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 125: The 'Other' Irish: Dislocation, Adaptation, and Habilitation at Home and Abroad
Monday 3 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Shane Lordan, School of History, University College Dublin |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Máirín MacCarron, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
| Paper 125-a | Otherness and the Unifying Appeal of Saint Patrick: A Look at the Political Background to Jocelin's Vita Patricii (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Genealogy and Prosopography, Hagiography, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 125-b | Who's Your Mummy?: Negotiating Identity within the Medieval Irish Foster Family (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - Celtic, Social History, Women's Studies |
| Paper 125-c | Aspects of the Cult of St Brigit in Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Abstract | Considerations of the medieval Irish as 'other' often focus on monastic peregrini such as Columbanus and the effect they exerted on their new environments as agents of change. Yet, different types of dislocation, such as fosterage or mission, effected different types of 'otherness' which themselves necessitated different social, political, or religious compromise - be it through adaptation or habilitation. These papers examine how medieval Irish individuals, groups, and saints either experienced otherness or challenged those they came into contact with as 'other' in Ireland, Britain, and Europe. At their core they consider the transformative processes by which these 'other' Irish integrated, or were integrated, into their new settings. |