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From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval abound in contemporary culture. Consdering both scholarly and popular perspectives this book offers a commentary on the blending of pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary signs.

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Introduction: Icons of Irishness Visualizing Antiquity Classifying Taste Meet Me at the Fair Keepsakes and Souvenirs Proclaiming Independence, Expressing Solidarity Afterword Select Bibliography

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"Icons of Irishness from the Middle Ages to the Modern World may seem to be a relatively brief study, but it is not one to be taken lightly . . . Williams offers a fascinating and illuminating study of the construction of an ethnic identity that links medieval models to the more recent past and the present." - The Medieval Review

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Maggie M. Williams is Assistant Professor of Art History at William Paterson University, USA.

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