Leisure and Recreation in an Age of Clearance: The Case of the Hebridean Michaelmas

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Abstract

A study of the transformations of an interrelated group of calendar customs in the western Scottish Gàidhealtachd during the early modern and modern periods, as a result of specific socio-economic processes, and individual historical events. The paper casts doubt on the sweeping conclusions made by some scholars regarding purportedly recurring patterns of popular belief, ritual practice, or, at a deeper level, 'cosmology'. It lays the ground for further investigation of calendar customs in the region, placing them in a wider European context - this may offer innovative perspectives on socio-economic, religious, and cultural change.
OriginalspracheEnglish
TitelCeltic Cosmology
UntertitelPerspectives from Ireland and Scotland
Redakteure/-innenJacqueline Borsje, Séamus Mac Mathúna, Ann Dooley, Gregory Toner
Herausgeber (Verlag)PIMS Publications
Seiten246-306
Seitenumfang61
ISBN (Print)978-0888448262
PublikationsstatusPublished - 4 Juli 2014

Publikationsreihe

NamePapers in Mediaeval Studies
Herausgeber (Verlag)Brepols
Band26

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