Open AccessIrish and Welsh Law in the European Contexts
Author(s) -
Thomas Charles-Edward,
Jaqueline Bemmer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clio @ themis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2105-0929
DOI - 10.35562/cliothemis.1178
Subject(s) - vernacular , humanities , irish , welsh , empire , ethnology , history , art , political science , law , archaeology , literature , philosophy , linguistics
This paper traces the relationship of the Roman Empire with Ireland and Wales from roughly the fifth to the seventh centuries and probes the role that Roman and Canon law played there following the events of 410, based on evidence from authors, such as Prosper of Aquitaine, Venantius Fortunatus, Zosimus and Gildas, as well as the vernacular legal traditions. This approach allows us to investigate perceptions of legal identity in Post-Roman Britain and the echoes of Latin learning embraced in Ireland.