Journal of Celtic Studies 4 (2004),

Paperback, XII+269 p., 160 x 240 mm.Languages : English. ISBN 9782503513782. The Journal of Celtic Studies was founded by Professor Howard Maxwell Meroney: its first issue appeared in 1949 and rapidly gave the new publication a distinctive character. Meroney's last volume appeared in 1982/3, co-edited with David DumvillePreface David N. Dumville, Howard Maxwell Meroney K. Megan McGowan, The Four Masters and the governance of Ireland in the Middle Ages Robin Chapman Stacey, Law and memory in early mediaeval Ireland Clare Downham, The historical importance of Viking-Age Waterford David N. Dumville, Mael Brigte mac Torn in, pluralist (+ 927) Iestyn Daniel, The date, origin, and authorship of "The Mabinogion" in the light of Ymborth yr enaid G.R. Isaac, The Old- and early Middle-Welsh "future" tense: form and function of a moribund category H rold Pettiau, A porsopography of Breton rulership, A.D. 818-952 SHORTER ARTICLES K.R. Dark, Back to ?The Dark Ages? Terminology and preconception in the archaeology of fifth- to seventh-centuryBritain Andrew Breeze, Morville in Shropshire and Myfyr in Gwynedd ?M. Miller, Final stages in the construction of the Harleian Annales Cambriae: the evidence of the framework Daniel Huws, The Old-Welsh englynof the Margam-Abbey charter: a Lhuydian joke TEXTS S. Roberts, Plaints in mediaeval Welsh law