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Carr, A. D., “The patrons of the late medieval poets in North Wales”, Études Celtiques 29 (1992): 115–120.
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“The patrons of the late medieval poets in North Wales”
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Études Celtiques 29 (1992)
Études Celtiques 29 — Actes du IXe congrès international d’études celtiques. Paris, 7-12 juillet 1991. Deuxième partie: Linguistique, littératures. (1992).
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29
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115–120
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[FR] Miracles with fire or supernatural light phenomena have, in the past, associated the saints of Ireland with pagan beliefs and rituals, solar myths and fire cults. On the other hand, biblical precedents can be found to restore the saints to Christian tradition. Miraculous fire and light in both Irish pagan and Christian traditions symbolise not only the presence of the deity on earth but also the illumination of the mind and spirit. The similarity which appears between the saint and the goddess Brigit may connect her fiey miracles to the ancient cult of the goddess, patron of poetry, medicine and metalwork (a craft made possible by fire) and to the heart and foundation of Irish culture itself.
[EN] The Edwardian conquest of Gwynedd in 1282-3 meant the end of a long tradition of Welsh court poetry. The place of the princes as patrons was taken by those leading families which had dominated their own communities and who went on doing so under the new regime. The emergence of new landed families from the fourteenth century onwards added to the ranks of a class from which many of the poets themselves came. This paper examines the kind of men who became the patrons and nourishers of the native poetic tradition in the later middle ages and the part which they played in contemporary society.
[EN] The Edwardian conquest of Gwynedd in 1282-3 meant the end of a long tradition of Welsh court poetry. The place of the princes as patrons was taken by those leading families which had dominated their own communities and who went on doing so under the new regime. The emergence of new landed families from the fourteenth century onwards added to the ranks of a class from which many of the poets themselves came. This paper examines the kind of men who became the patrons and nourishers of the native poetic tradition in the later middle ages and the part which they played in contemporary society.
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