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This volume is concerned with the problems and methods of reconstructing
(or ‘reconstituting’) the origins and political history of Celtic
dynasties of the early Middle Ages. AS
such, the book comprises two parts. Firstly, it offers a new methodology
for reconstituting medieval Irish and Welsh dynasties: this is
based partly on a qualitative analysis of the relevant genealogical
and annalistic sources; and partly on the quantitative application
of ‘nominal record linkage’ (more familiar to modern historians
and demographers) to these primary sources. The second part of
the book offers three case-studies which seek both to illustrate
the ideas and methods of part one, as well as to stand as studies
of individual dynasties in their own right, These case-studies
are: the history of the Déisi Mumam (of Munster) and its connection
to the origins of the Weksh dynasty of Dfyed; and, the origins
and history of the Conaille Muirtheimne (Co. Louth).
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