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Fiery shapes : celestial portents and astrology in Ireland and Wales 700-1700

Title
Fiery shapes : celestial portents and astrology in Ireland and Wales 700-1700 / Mark Williams.
Author
Williams, Mark.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Description
xxx, 218 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
"The English Romance in Time Transforming Motifs from Geoffrey of Monmouth to the Death of Shakespeare Helen Cooper" "̀The English Romance in Time is a scholarly and engagingly written account of a genre, as suitable for a student as for an academic audience. It is important and innovative because of the way it uses romance to expose the medieval contribution to the early modern world.' ---Alex Davis, Times Higher Education Supplement"--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Irish literature > To 1100 > History and criticism
  • Irish literature > Middle Irish, 1100-1550 > History and criticism
  • Welsh literature > To 1550 > History and criticism
  • Astrology, Celtic
  • Omens
  • Druids and druidism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204) and index.
Call Number
JFE 11-1148
ISBN
  • 9780199571840 (hbk.)
  • 0199571848 (hbk.)
LCCN
2010930299
OCLC
YBP 2010930299
Author
Williams, Mark.
Title
Fiery shapes : celestial portents and astrology in Ireland and Wales 700-1700 / Mark Williams.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 11-1148
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