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Battle of Clontarf.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2022-09-01, S. 3
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Zugriff:
Few battles in Irish history command the fame that has been attached to Brian’ victory at Clontarf on Good Friday, April 23, 1014. Since medieval times, the Battle of Clontarf has been presented as a struggle between Irish forces and Norse invaders for the control of Ireland. Correspondingly, the Irish victory has been seen as breaking the power of the Norse in Ireland and as a defining moment in Ireland’s progress toward national unity under a single king. Moreover, the fact that Brian, a Christian king, was killed by a pagan Norseman on Good Friday, the day of Christ’s death, made for suitable hagiographical comparisons. Most of these claims belong to legend rather than history, however, and originated in a propagandistic Irish work, entitled Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh (c. 1100; The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, 1867), that was designed to glorify Brian.
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Battle of Clontarf.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | O’Neill, Patrick P. |
| Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2022-09-01, S. 3 |
| Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
| Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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