The Gaelic Background of Old English Poetry Before Bede

by Colin A Ireland and Colin A. Ireland

Seventh-century Gaelic law-tracts delineate professional poets (filid) who earned high social status through formal training. These poets cooperated with the Church to create an innovative bilingual intellectual culture in Old Gaelic and Latin. Bede described Anglo-Saxon students who availed themselves of free education in Ireland at this culturally dynamic time. Gaelic scholars called sapientes ("wise ones") produced texts in Old Gaelic and Latin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501520288
• ISBN13: 9781501520280
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary