Harbison, P. (1999). The Oliver Davies Lecture: regal (and other) patronage in Irish inscriptions of the pre-Norman period. Ulster J Archaeol 58. Vol 58, pp. 43-54.

Title:

The Oliver Davies Lecture: regal (and other) patronage in Irish inscriptions of the pre-Norman period

Issue:

Ulster J Archaeol 58

Series:

Ulster Journal of Archaeology

Volume:

Page Start/End:

43 - 54

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

Recent epigraphical discoveries reveal that Irish high kings were involved in erecting High crosses on midland sites as early as the mid-ninth century, perhaps following an already established custom in Britain. It is only in the eleventh century that reliably dated inscriptions record royal patronage of Irish metalwork shrines, possibly imitating current practice on the continent. Political patronage of religious objects during the last four pre-Norman centuries in Ireland came predominantly from three of the most prominent dynasties which provided the country with high kings during that period - the Clann Cholmáin of the Southern Uí Néill in Mide, the Dal Cais in Munster and the O Conors in Connacht.

Author:

Peter Harbison

Year of Publication:

1999

Subjects / Periods:

Religious Objects (Auto Detected Subject)

Irish Metalwork Shrines (Auto Detected Subject)

Eleventh Century (Auto Detected Temporal)

Source:

BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))

Created Date:

20 Jan 2002