IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 315: Otherness: Vikings in the Celtic World
Monday 3 July 2017, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | School of Irish, Celtic Studies & Folklore, University College Dublin |
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| Organiser: | Linda Doran, School of Irish, Celtic Studies & Folklore, University College Dublin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Dewi Evans, School of Irish, Celtic Studies & Folklore, University College Dublin |
| Paper 315-a | 7th-Century Otherness for a 10th-Century World: Anglo-Saxon Raiders in the Irish Life of Adamnán (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic, Monasticism |
| Paper 315-b | Vikings in the Carlow Corridor (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Local History, Military History, Social History |
| Paper 315-c | Legal Rights and Ethnic Tensions: A 12th-Century Irish Account of St Patrick and the Scandinavians of Dublin (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Celtic, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The session will consider the Vikings in the Celtic world as the 'other'. In the Irish annals they are gaill (other / foreigner) to the end of the medieval period. This depiction is at odds with the reality of their interaction with the local politics and economy. When the Normans arrive in Dublin the Norse elite are treated differently to the native Irish. We will examine how this otherness is displayed in the hagiography, archaeology, and the sources. |