Fabula Celtica: A Celtic Studies Podcast

• S01 E12: Law and Order: Royal Victims Unit

  Tyler attempts to untangle the relationship between kingship and early Irish law through depictions of crime and compensation in The Saga of Fergus Mac Léti.Main topics addressed: kingship, early Irish lawReferences and Suggested Media:The additional music is ‘The Theme of Law & Order’ by Mike Post, 1990.Binchy, D. A. 1952. ‘The Saga of Fergus Mac Léti’, Ériu 16, 33-48 (pp. 39-44)Binchy, D. A. 1954. ‘Secular Institutions’, Early Irish Society 8, 52-65Kelly, F. A Guide to Early Irish Law (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2020), pp. 17-26McLeod, Neil. 2011. ‘Fergus Mac Léti and the Law’, Ériu 61, 1-27Transcript:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y2ViHAF_a5aZvUbmC4D0-g4d0ytEzITrdlrz1DSHAd0/edit?usp=sharing

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• S01 E11: Of Kings, Kin, and Cows

  Tyler provides an overview of early medieval Irish society, discussing D. A. Binchy's description of that society as "tribal, rural, hierarchical, and familiar". Main topics addressed: Irish petty kingdoms, cow-based currency, the social (and legal) hierarchy, kinshipTranscript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wm5oW5IHKKLWuq-GPp6wqtpF5zQINkxCrEQyumujzLI/edit?usp=sharingReferences and Suggested Media:Best, R. I. ‘The Settling of the Manor of Tara’, Ériu 4 (1910), 121-172.Kelly, F. A Guide to Early Irish Law (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2020).McLeod, N. ‘Kinship’, Ériu 51 (2000), 1-22.

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• S01 E10: Word of Law

  In last of three episodes about early Irish writing, Tyler discusses the sources for Early Irish Law (a.k.a Breton law). He emphasises the importance of tradition, Christian influences, and the nature of manuscript culture in how these sources have come down to us. The law texts will serve as an important lens through which we can understand medieval Irish society.Main topics addressed: manuscripts, Early Irish Law (Brehon Law)Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_S03Lgi2WFZZ6vWfQZtEI4hGjavHkeCc-GjBqbVRCSc/edit?usp=sharing References and Suggested Media:Best, R. I. 1910. ‘The Settling of the Manor of Tara’, Ériu 4, pp. 121-172Carey, John. 1994. ‘An Edition of the Pseudo-Historical Prologue to the Senchas Már’, Ériu 45, pp. 1-32.Cross, T. P.  & Brown, A. C. L. . 1918. ‘Fíngen’s Night Watch’, The Romanic Review IX, §4Kelly, F. 2020. A Guide to Early Irish Law. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, especially pp. 225-241.Macalister, R. A. S. (1939) Lebor Gabála Érenn vol 2. Dublin: Educational Co. of Ireland. pp. 181, 197, and 203.Medieval Irish History Podcast on law and society: https://open.spotify.com/episode/10nfUgLHjZLLM9f46O0Wpb?si=feb8ec51bc31456b 

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• S01 E09: Words on Vellum

  In the second of three episodes about early Irish writing, we explore the nature of Ireland's earlies medieval manuscripts, including who wrote them, how they put them together, and the variety of content they contained.Main topics addressed: manuscripts, codicology, palaeographyTranscript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_S03Lgi2WFZZ6vWfQZtEI4hGjavHkeCc-GjBqbVRCSc/edit?usp=sharingReferences and Suggested Media:Helsen, Kate. ‘Codicology’ video lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVDvpfXbOdgHelsen, Kate. ‘Codicology and Palaeography’ video lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r3EQtyYSCwMurray, Kevin. 2001. ‘The Finding of the Táin’, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 41 (Summer), 17–23‘Sewing the Gatherings’ virtual exhibition: https://exhibitions.bgc.bard.edu/craftandcodex/hotspots/sewing-the-gatheringsShort videos on manuscript production:Vellum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-SpLPFaRd0Quills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocnhYzKLeHUInk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7k4-wj8mZ8Pigment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIf-9s5LvosPaint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIlRuDGhlgThe page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRlWpKRm0WUAssembling the manuscript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuNfdHNTv9o

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• S01 E08: Words in Stone

  In the first of three episodes about early Irish writing, we explore the fascinating myths, enigmatic history, and linguistic quirks of the stone markings known as ogam or ogham. Main topics addressed: Irish language, Latin, ogam (ogham), Ogma, early medieval Ireland.Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gg2THDqf5Tm0JpaIus2zgpSzKA7-1oaOhbGndYL1wA0/edit?usp=sharingReferences and Suggested Media:Binchy, D. A. 1961. ‘The Background of Early Irish Literature’, Studia Hibernica 1, 7-18.Carey, John. 2014. ‘Ogmios and the Eternal Word’, Cosmos, 30, 1-35.Celtic Inscribed Stones Project (CISP) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/cisp/database/ Charles-Edwards, T. 1995. ‘Language and Society Among the Insular Celts, AD 400-1000’, in The Celtic World, ed. M.J. Green, 703-736.Clinton, Mark. 2001. Souterrains of Ireland (Wordwell Ltd).Gutiérrez, Verónica A. 2019. ‘A Procession Through the Milpas: Indigenous-Christian ritual in Cholula, Pueblo, Mexico’, Fides et Historia 51(1), 105-123.Harvey, A. 1987. ‘Early Literacy in Ireland: The Evidence from Ogam’, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 14, 1-15.Macalister, R. A. S. 1945. Corpus inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, 2 vols, vol. 1 (Dublin: Stationery Office).Mac Cana, P. 1970. ‘The Three Languages and the Three Laws’, Studia Celtica 5, 62-78; 62-66.MacNeill, E. 1908-1909. ‘Notes on the distribution, history, grammar and import of the Irish Ogham Inscriptions’, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 27C, 329-70: 329-34.MacNeill, E. 1922. ‘A Pioneer of Nations’, Studies 11, 13-28, 435-46.MacNeill, E. 1931. ‘Beginnings of the Latin Culture in Ireland’, Studies 20, 39-48.McManus, D. 1991. A Guide to Ogam, Maynooth Monographs 4.Ogam in 3D http://ogham.celt.dias.ie/ Russel, James R. Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Thesis, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies).Stevenson, J. 1989. ‘The Beginnings of Literacy in Ireland’, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 89C, 127-65.Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS) http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/ogam/frame/htm Thomas, Charles. 1994. And Shall These Mute Stones Speak? Post-Roman Inscriptions in Western Britain (University of Wales Press).Waddell, John. 2014. “The cave of Crúachain and the Otherworld”, in: Jacqueline Borsje, Ann Dooley, Séamus Mac Mathúna, and Gregory Toner (eds), Celtic cosmology: perspectives from Ireland and Scotland 26 (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies), 77–92.

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