Clare Downham
Biographic Data
| ID | 3097232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clare Downham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clare |
| FAMILY NAME | Downham |
| SIGNATURE | DOWNHAM C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7000-7633 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland
Lives and afterlives
Medieval Ireland
The Earliest Viking Activity in England
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has been regarded as an unproblematic guide to the first viking raids on the English-speaking peoples. The hiatus in records of viking raids in the Chronicle from AD 794 until 835 has led scholars to believe that southern Britain suffered little piratical activity in those years. This paper uses the evidence of contemporary letters, foreign chronicles and charters to provide an alternative narrative. These sources demons…
Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns
As the editors’ point out in their preface, there is growing popular interest in the everyday life of Viking towns, and this book gathers scholars from different disciplines to explore it. The scen
Stylistic contrast and narrative function in Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib
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 Gáedel 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 explor…
Viking Ethnicities
The ‘Viking Age’ is well established in popular perception as a period of dramatic change in European history. The range of viking activities from North America to the Middle East has excited the interest of many commentators. Vikings are variously regarded as blood thirsty barbarians or civilised entrepreneurs; founders of nations or anarchic enemies. But how cohesive was the identity of the ‘Vikings’ and how did they see themselves? In recent y…
Medieval Gaelic Sources - By Katherine Simms
Dark Speech
In this impressive volume Robin Chapman Stacey highlights performance as an essential element of legal procedure in medieval Ireland; in doing so she cultivates some ideas sown in her previous monograph, The Road to Judgement (1994; rev. ante, cxi [1996], 1233–4). Dark Speech is also written with the clarity, contemporary allusions and occasional humour which laced her earlier work. Nevertheless, for all its accessibility, one is left in no doubt…
Medieval Dublin VII ‐ Edited by Seán Duffy
St Bega – myth, maiden, or bracelet? An Insular cult and its origins
This short article examines the origins of the cult of St Bega in Ireland and Britain. Insular and Scandinavian analogues of her Life are explored and so is the popularity of Celtic saints in northern Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. This topic can shed light on broader issues of cultural identity in the Irish Sea Region during the middle ages
Viking Ethnicities
The ‘Viking Age’ is well established in popular perception as a period of dramatic change in European history. The range of viking activities from North America to the Middle East has excited the interest of many commentators. Vikings are variously regarded as blood thirsty barbarians or civilised entrepreneurs; founders of nations or anarchic enemies. But how cohesive was the identity of the ‘Vikings’ and how did they see themselves? In recent y…
The Earliest Viking Activity in England
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has been regarded as an unproblematic guide to the first viking raids on the English-speaking peoples. The hiatus in records of viking raids in the Chronicle from AD 794 until 835 has led scholars to believe that southern Britain suffered little piratical activity in those years. This paper uses the evidence of contemporary letters, foreign chronicles and charters to provide an alternative narrative. These sources demons…
Medieval Dublin VII ‐ Edited by Seán Duffy
St Bega – myth, maiden, or bracelet? An Insular cult and its origins
This short article examines the origins of the cult of St Bega in Ireland and Britain. Insular and Scandinavian analogues of her Life are explored and so is the popularity of Celtic saints in northern Europe during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. This topic can shed light on broader issues of cultural identity in the Irish Sea Region during the middle ages
Dark Speech
In this impressive volume Robin Chapman Stacey highlights performance as an essential element of legal procedure in medieval Ireland; in doing so she cultivates some ideas sown in her previous monograph, The Road to Judgement (1994; rev. ante, cxi [1996], 1233–4). Dark Speech is also written with the clarity, contemporary allusions and occasional humour which laced her earlier work. Nevertheless, for all its accessibility, one is left in no doubt…
Medieval Gaelic Sources - By Katherine Simms
Viking Ethnicities
The ‘Viking Age’ is well established in popular perception as a period of dramatic change in European history. The range of viking activities from North America to the Middle East has excited the interest of many commentators. Vikings are variously regarded as blood thirsty barbarians or civilised entrepreneurs; founders of nations or anarchic enemies. But how cohesive was the identity of the ‘Vikings’ and how did they see themselves? In recent y…
Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns
As the editors’ point out in their preface, there is growing popular interest in the everyday life of Viking towns, and this book gathers scholars from different disciplines to explore it. The scen
Stylistic contrast and narrative function in Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib
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 Gáedel 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 explor…
Medieval Ireland
The Earliest Viking Activity in England
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has been regarded as an unproblematic guide to the first viking raids on the English-speaking peoples. The hiatus in records of viking raids in the Chronicle from AD 794 until 835 has led scholars to believe that southern Britain suffered little piratical activity in those years. This paper uses the evidence of contemporary letters, foreign chronicles and charters to provide an alternative narrative. These sources demons…
Lives and afterlives
Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland
History (9 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Medieval Literature and History (7 works) · Historical Studies of British Isles (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (4 works)