A reconsideration of the authorship and transmission of Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh

IF 0.3 3区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY SECTION C-ARCHAEOLOGY CELTIC STUDIES HISTORY LINGUISTICS LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.3318/PRIAC.2013.113.03

Denis Casey

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Abstract

Abstract:The eleventh-/twelfth-century encomiastic biography of Brian Bóroma (ob. 1014), Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh ('The War of the Irish with the Foreigners'), was the most important text in cementing Brian's reputation as the medieval Irish king par excellence. Scholarly consensus considers it to have been written as a work of propaganda in favour of Brian's great-grandson, Muirchertach Ua Briain (ob. 1119), whose father, Tairdelbach, had earlier wrested the kingship of Dál Cais from his uncle, Donnchad (son of Brian). In this article it will be shown that, contrary to previous scholarly opinion, the text actually portrays Donnchad in a positive light. It will be argued that there may have been multiple versions of the text in existence but that the only surviving complete copy was written or reworked in favour of Donnchad's descendants (and not for Muirchertach) and it is this version which has influenced subsequent accounts of Brian's story, right into the modern period.

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重新考虑Cogadh的作者身份和传播Gáedhel re Gallaibh

摘要:11 / 12世纪的布莱恩传记Bóroma (ob. 1014)， Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh(“爱尔兰与外国人的战争”)，是巩固布莱恩作为中世纪爱尔兰国王卓越声誉的最重要的文本。学者们一致认为这本书是为了宣传布莱恩的曾孙Muirchertach Ua britain(约1119年)而写的，他的父亲Tairdelbach早些时候从他的叔叔Donnchad(布莱恩的儿子)手中夺取了Dál Cais的王位。在这篇文章中，它将表明，与之前的学术观点相反，文本实际上以积极的方式描绘了Donnchad。有人会说，可能有多个版本的文本存在，但唯一幸存的完整副本是为Donnchad的后代(而不是Muirchertach)编写或重新制作的，正是这个版本影响了布莱恩故事的后续叙述，一直到现代。

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