#nora chadwick

[lumaraschronicle]

There is also that custom, barbarous and exotic, which attends most of the northern tribes… when they depart from the battle they hang the heads of their enemies from the necks of their horses, and when they have brought them home, nail the spectacle to the entrance of their houses. At any rate Posidonius says that he himself saw this spectacle in many places, and that, although at first he loathed it, afterwards through his familiarity with it, he could bear it calmly.

Strabo, IV, 4, 5 in The Celts, 2nd ed. by Nora Chadwick & Barry Cunliffe. New York, NY: Penquin, 1997.

[eclecticlayman]

One of the most striking and original features of Irish Christianity is the love of wandering . . . which was interpreted in both its literal and its figurative sense. The epic stories of faith journeys came to have as much significance as the events themselves. 'In epic literature,' John Sharkey writes, 'the journey is symbolic of the life of the soul, the cycle of experience it must undergo. . . . The telling of our journeys is as much a religion as the ceremonies themselves.'

Nora Chadwick

[eres9]

Between Rhodri & Hywel

Between Rhodri & Hywel - a brief history of 2 Welsh kings

Rhodri Mawr ruled until AD878 and is often considered the greatest of all the kings. The renowned historian, Nora Chadwick, was one of these. In his book, Seiri Cenedl / Nation Builders (Gwasg Gomer, 1986), the late Gwynfor Evans writes that Chadwick was one of the most important historians to bring the history of Cymru to the attention of the world. Rhodri is the only king to have earned the…

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