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| Titre : | Stylistic contrast and narrative function in Cogad Gaedel re Gallaib (2015) |
| Auteurs : | Clare DOWNHAM, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (vol. 39 n 156 2015) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 553-572 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | The battle of Clontarf was fought in A.D 1014 by the forces of Brian Boru, over-king of Munster, and his allies against the forces of Viking Dublin, Leinster and their foreign allies. The saga 'The War of the Irish and the Foreigners' (Cogad Gaedel re Gallaib) was written about events leading up the conflict and gives a dramatic account of events on the battlefield. It became the archetype for many later legends about Clontarf. This paper explores stylistic contrast in the sage between the terse description of events in the early Viking Age and the florid account of the reign of Brian Boru. This contrast has led some readers to conclude that two separate narratives were conflated in Cogad Gaedem re Gallaib the first being a summary annals and the second being a saga. However this paper argues that here is a unity of purpose throughout the work and that its stylistic divisions were deliberately contrived to help glorify Brian's victory at the Battle of Clontarf |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Lieu de publication : | Dublin |
| Mention de responsabilité : | Clare Downham |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
