"The idea to produce a book of essays dedicated to kingship arose out of a conference held at the Moore Institute, NUI Galway, in June 2009 entitled: Landscapes of cult and kingship : archaeology and text"--p.xviii.
From sacred marriage to clientship : a mythical account of the establishment of kingship as an institution / Marion Deane
The sacral landscape of Tara : a preliminary exploration / Conor Newman
Death-tales of the early kings of Tara / Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin
Supernatural arts, the landscape and kingship in early Irish texts / Bridgette Slavin
From cult centre to royal centre : monuments, myths and other revelations at Uisneach / Roseanne Schot
Imperial snake and eternal fires : mythified power in a Himalayan sacred site of royalty (Dullu, Nepal) / Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Transforming kingship and cult : the provincial ceremonial capitals in early medieval Ireland / Edel Bhreathnach
Three 'royal sites' in Co. Donegal / Brian Lacey
Evoking the white mare : the cult landscape of Sgiath Gabhra and its medieval perception in Gaelic Fir Mhanach / Elizabeth FitzPatrick, Eileen Murphy, Ronan McHugh, Colm Donnelly & Clare Foley
Continuity, cult and contest / John Waddell
The architecture of power : an exploration of the origins of closely spaced multivallate monuments in Ireland / Ger Dowling
Place-names and the understanding of monuments / Kay Muhr
The inauguration ode? / Kay Muhr.
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Landscapes of cult and kingship. ISBN 9781846822193. Published by Four Courts Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
