Timothy E Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5825027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy E Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy E |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL T E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bath |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The idea of the three orders of society and social stratification in early medieval Ireland
The law tracts of early medieval Ireland are one of the most remarkable bodies of literature surviving from the middle ages. These tracts, written in Old Irish, date from the late seventh and eighth centuries and thus may be held to reflect something of Irish society not so very long after the introduction of Christianity. Their physical size and linguistic complexity alone have proved daunting, but once these difficulties have been surmounted th…
The ‘Three Orders’ of society in Anglo-Saxon England
The first recorded use of the idea of the ‘Three Orders’ of society in an English context, and indeed it has been said, the first use of the idea in medieval Europe, is in King Alfred's ‘translation’ of Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae . It contains a digression on the responsibilities of kingship in which Alfred, speaking as ‘Mind’ in a dialogue with ‘Wisdom’ reflects. I wished for tools and resources for the task that I was commanded to …
Christianity or Solar Monotheism
Any modern study of St Patrick must recognise the essential truth in Binchy's observation that while ‘ we certainly know a great deal about St Patrick the man and the servant of God... of the life and labours of Patrick, apart from a few data furnished almost by accident in the Confessio and Epistola, we know virtually nothing’. 1 It might, however, be more positively phrased to the effect that while we do not know many facts about Patrick's life…
The ‘Three Orders’ of society in Anglo-Saxon England
The first recorded use of the idea of the ‘Three Orders’ of society in an English context, and indeed it has been said, the first use of the idea in medieval Europe, is in King Alfred's ‘translation’ of Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae . It contains a digression on the responsibilities of kingship in which Alfred, speaking as ‘Mind’ in a dialogue with ‘Wisdom’ reflects. I wished for tools and resources for the task that I was commanded to …
Christianity or Solar Monotheism
Any modern study of St Patrick must recognise the essential truth in Binchy's observation that while ‘ we certainly know a great deal about St Patrick the man and the servant of God... of the life and labours of Patrick, apart from a few data furnished almost by accident in the Confessio and Epistola, we know virtually nothing’. 1 It might, however, be more positively phrased to the effect that while we do not know many facts about Patrick's life…
The ‘Three Orders’ of society in Anglo-Saxon England
The first recorded use of the idea of the ‘Three Orders’ of society in an English context, and indeed it has been said, the first use of the idea in medieval Europe, is in King Alfred's ‘translation’ of Boethius's De consolatione Philosophiae . It contains a digression on the responsibilities of kingship in which Alfred, speaking as ‘Mind’ in a dialogue with ‘Wisdom’ reflects. I wished for tools and resources for the task that I was commanded to …
The idea of the three orders of society and social stratification in early medieval Ireland
The law tracts of early medieval Ireland are one of the most remarkable bodies of literature surviving from the middle ages. These tracts, written in Old Irish, date from the late seventh and eighth centuries and thus may be held to reflect something of Irish society not so very long after the introduction of Christianity. Their physical size and linguistic complexity alone have proved daunting, but once these difficulties have been surmounted th…
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