The Renaissance and the Celtic Countries / Edition 1

by Ceri Davies, John E. Law

Overview

This revealing volume sheds new light on the Renaissance in Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

• A revealing look at the Renaissance in Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
• Written by leading scholars in the field.
• Covers a wide range of topics, such as the printing press and book trade in Reformation Scotland, and the debate between the "old" and the "new" in Welsh poetry.
• Shows that the Celtic countries were an integral part of the wider European Renaissance.
• Demonstrates how Celtic writers, scholars and patrons contributed to the cultural developments of the period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405120630
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/27/2004
Series:	Renaissance Studies Special Issues
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Ceri Davies is Professor of Classics at the University of Wales, Swansea.

John E. Law is Reader in History at the University of Wales, Swansea and editor of Renaissance Studies.

Table of Contents

Note from the Series Editor.

Preface.

Chapters.

1. Richard Stanihurst’s De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis (John Barry).

2. John Owen the Epigrammatist: A Library and Historical Context (Byron Harries).

3. The Poetic Debate of Edmwnd Prys and Wiliam Cynwal (Gruffydd Aled Williams).

4. Classical Voices in Buchanan’s Hexameter Psalm Paraphrases (Roger P.H. Green).

5. A Spirit of Literature - Melville, Baille, Wodrow and a Cast of Thousands: The Clergy in Scotland’s Long Renaissance (Alastair J. Mann).

Index.