J. P. Mallory

In Search of the Irish Dreamtime

Archaeology & Early Irish Literature

Buch

Following his account of Irish origins as evidenced by archaeology, genetics and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to interrogate what he calls the 'Irish Dreamtime': the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval manuscripts. He attempts to explore the reality of this version of the earliest history of Ireland, which places apparently 'mythological' events on a concrete timeline of invasions, colonizations and royal reigns that extends even further back in time than the history of Classical Greece. Can the accounts of this 'Dreamtime' really inform us of the way of life in Iron Age Ireland? By compar… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-500-05184-9
EAN: 9780500051849
Produktnummer: 19601482
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H17.1 cm x B24.2 cm x D3.1 cm 680 g
Abbildungen: With 88 illustrations in colour and black and white
Gewicht: 680
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

J. P. Mallory is a world expert on the interconnection of archaeology and linguistics and is the author of the standard work In Search of the Indo-Europeans and The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European. He has published numerous other works, including the hugely acclaimed The Origins of the Irish. He is Emeritus Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at Queen's University Belfast and a member of the Royal Irish Academy.