商品簡介
Very clearly written and organized, this unusually fine volume provides the scholar and student of Irish studies with a thorough and accessible guide to the various Gaelic sources of the Middle Ages. Simms (medieval history, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) begins with an overview of the sources and their translations and common pitfalls. The chapters that follow describe annals; genealogies; poems; prose tracts and sagas; and legal and medical material, colophons, and marginalia, with definitions, descriptions, and examples provided for each. An afterword provides further tips and encouragement for working with the sources and two appendices offer illustrative samples from the sources. The index is of sources, organized by chapters. The volume is distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
