Seanchas - An Inportant Irish Tradition Related to Memory, History and Historiography

Santos, Dominqiue

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“…When mentioned among Medieval texts, they are classified as not being sufficiently 'historiographic', and are not included in History of Historiography manuals. Even in specific works of Medieval Historiography, Irish texts do not usually appear; Irish authors are often referred to as 'chroniclers ', 'antiquarians', 'genealogists', 'hagiographers', or even 'pedigree systematizers'. Thus, the Irish contribution to both Theory of History and the History of Historiography is lost (SANTOS 2015, p. 7-18;SANTOS 2018). The very rich production developed between the Seanchas tradition and Irish Medieval Classicism is no longer integrated into historiographical narratives and the task performed by Seanchaidh, the Irish Artifex of the past, is ignored.…”

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History and Historiography in Early Christian Ireland

Santos

2020

Hist. Historiogr.

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Despite modern writers noticing the importance of Premodern historiographical phenomena for a deeper comprehension of both Theory of History and History of Historiography, the Irish contribution to the subject is often left aside. Topics such as the Seanchas Tradition and Medieval Irish Classicism are not well integrated into such historiographical narrative. The Seanchaidh, the Irish Artifex of the Past, for example, is broadly mentioned as not a historian, but a chronicler, antiquary, genealogist, hagiographer or pedigree systematizer. This article addresses these issues and, more specifically, we focus on two Irish narratives produced in 7th century by Muirchú and Tírechán. Since they belong to the world of orality and bilingual literacy of Early Christian Ireland, perhaps their works could be understood as bounded by the Seanchas Tradition and Medieval Irish Classicism, hence, both could be considered as great examples of the producers of History and Historiography at the time.

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History and Historiography in Early Christian Ireland

Santos

2020

Hist. Historiogr.

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Entre oralidade e letramento: uma análise do “sistema educacional” dos druidas

Santos

2023

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Apesar de ser relativamente fácil encontrar alguma menção aos druidas, sacerdotes das culturas “célticas”, muitas informações sobre eles são generalistas, desacompanhadas de fontes e apenas raramente produzidas por especialistas da área, sobretudo em língua portuguesa. Ao contrário, os druidas costumam aparecer envoltos em mistérios, segredos e lendas, apresentados em narrativas que muitas vezes beiram o misticismo e os chamados neopaganismos. Além disso, mesmo entre os especialistas do tema, não tem sido dada uma grande atenção à compreensão do sistema educacional dos druidas, pelo menos em língua portuguesa. Esse artigo se dedicou a essa questão e, a partir da análise das fontes clássicas, com destaque para os comentários sobre as guerras gálicas do general romano Júlio César, identificou que o “sistema educacional” dos druidas, sobretudo como as referidas fontes o representa, intercala oralidade e letramento e se dedicava a uma vasta gama de temas, o suficiente para impressionar os autores gregos e romanos.

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Seanchas - An Inportant Irish Tradition Related to Memory, History and Historiography

Cited by 2 publications

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History and Historiography in Early Christian Ireland

History and Historiography in Early Christian Ireland

Entre oralidade e letramento: uma análise do “sistema educacional” dos druidas

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