Mark Williams (, Research Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge)

Fiery Shapes

Celestial Portents and Astrology in Ireland and Wales, 700-1700

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the representation of astrology and celestial portents in the medieval and later literature of Ireland and Wales, Fiery Shapes examines the mysterious figure of the druid, who was allegedly able to read the future from rainclouds; Taliesin and Merlin; and the Welsh gentleman poet of the later Middle Ages and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780199571840
• ISBN-10: 0199571848
• Artikelnr.: 30881658

Autorenporträt

Mark Williams studied Classics and English at Oxford before completing graduate work in Celtic Studies. He is a currently a Research Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he teaches medieval Irish, Welsh, and English Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface: literature, portents, and astrology
1: Celestial portents and apocalypticism in medieval Ireland
2: Druids, cloud-divination, and the portents of Antichrist
3: Taliesin and Geoffrey of Monmouth's astrological portents
4: Comets, portents, and astrology in late medieval Wales
5: Morgan Llwyd and the spiritualization of astrology
Afterword
Bibliography
Glossary of Celtic and astrological terms
General Index