Significant contributions on Celtic history, law, archaeology and literature.Thomas Charles-Edwards, the distinguished scholar of medieval Britain and Ireland, has made important contributions to a number of fields, but is particularly renowned for his studies in Celtic history and law. In this volume, colleagues pay tribute to his work with essays that range across the medieval Celtic world, including medieval Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In the first part of the volume, they cover historical aspects (and, as is fitting, often reflect the honorand's interest in archaeology and epigraphy); in the second, they focus on medieval Irish and Welsh legal institutions and texts, which are used by some to inform new readings of literary texts. Contributors: Susan Youngs, Clare Stancliffe, Catherine Swift, David N. Dumville, Elizabeth O'Brien, Edel Bhreathnach, Oliver Padel, Nancy Edwards, Thomas Owen Clancy, Marie Therese Flanagan, Huw Pryce, Roy Flechner, Robin Chapman Stacey,Wendy Davies, Sara Elin Roberts, Fergus Kelly, Bronagh Ní Chonaill, Charlene Eska, Elva Johnston, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Maredudd ap Huw.

Preface - Fiona Edmonds and Paul RussellCloud-Cuckoo Land? Some Christian Symbols from Post-Roman Britain - Susan YoungsColumbanus's Monasticism and the Sources of his Inspiration: from Basil to the Master? - Clare StancliffeEarly Irish Priests within their Own Localities - Catherine SwiftPolitical Organisation in Dál Riata - David N. DumvilleIrish Boundary Ferta, their Physical Manifestation and Historical Context - Elizabeth O'Brien and Edel BhreathnachAsser's Parochia of Exeter - Oliver PadelViking-Age Sculpture in North-West Wales: Wealth, Power, Patronage and the Christian Landscape - Nancy EdwardsIona v. Kells: Succession, Jurisdiction and Politics in the Columban Familia in the Later Tenth Century - Thomas O ClancyA Twelfth-Century Indulgence Granted by an Irish Bishop at Bath Priory - Marie Therese FlanaganGerald of Wales, Gildas, and the Descriptio Kambriae - Huw PrycePatrick's Reasons for Leaving Britain - Roy FlechnerLearning Law in Medieval Ireland - Robin C. StaceyHolding Court: Judicial Presidency in Brittany, Wales and Northern Iberia in the Early Middle Ages - Wendy DaviesThe Iorwerth Triads - Sara Elin RobertsThe Recovery of Stolen Property: Notes on Legal Procedure in Gaelic Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man - Fergus KellyContentious Kinship: the Penumbra of Established Kinship in Medieval Irish Law - Bronagh Ní ChonaillMarriage by Purchase in Early Irish Law - Charlene EskaKingship Made Real? Power and the Public World in Longes Mac nUislenn - Elva JohnstonMongán's Metamorphosis: Compert Mongáin ocus Serce Duibe Lacha do Mongán, a Later Mongán Tale - Maire Ni MhaonaighBibliography of the Writings of Thomas Charles-Edwards - Maredudd Ap Huw