Ireland in Late Antiquity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9359076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elva Johnston (0000-0002-7232-4894, University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-123 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Late Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2470-2048 • E-ISSN: 2470-6469 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/sla.2017.1.2.107 |
| OpenAlex | W2615441785 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
It is often assumed that Ireland entered recorded history with the emergence of organized Christianity on the island at some point in the fourth or fifth century C.E. This assumption has meant that the histories of late antique and early medieval Ireland are primarily viewed through the lens of conversion. Religious identities, frequently imagined as a binary opposition of “Christian” and “pagan,” have been a dominant historiographical focus. This essay argues that it is more fruitful to examine the relationship between Ireland and its neighbors from c. 150–c. 550 C.E. through a frontier dynamic, a dynamic in which religious identity was but one factor among many. By recasting the Irish experience in this way, it is possible to take a more comparative approach which cuts against the grain of Irish exceptionalism. Moreover, situating Ireland within the scholarly discourse of late antiquity allows for a new and nuanced understanding of the social and religious changes that characterized this period on the island
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Antique · Archaeology · Art · Celtic languages · Christianity · Exceptionalism · Frontier · Genealogy · Historiography · Identity (music · Irish · Late Antiquity · Political science · Politics · Sectarianism · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
Envoys and Political Communication in the Late Antique West, 411–533
Patrick and His Biographers Ancient and Modern
Framing the Early Middle Ages
Foedera and Foederati of the Fourth Century
More like the work of fairies than of human beings’
The Fall of the Western Empire and the End of Roman Britain
The Meaning of the Terms Limes and Limitanei
Being Roman
The Epigraphic Habit in the Roman Empire
The discovery of Phocaean Red Slip Ware (PRSW) Form 3 and Bii ware (LR1 amphorae) on sites in Ireland—an analysis within a broader framework
Romanization 2.0 and its alternatives
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |