A generously illustrated collection, The Insular Tradition explores the various ways in which tradition becomes part of our definition of insular culture and cu

"A breadth of interdisciplinary voices" discuss how geographical insularity - specifically that of Britain and Ireland - has affected artistic tradition.

Charles Wright identifies the characteristic features of Irish Christian literature which influenced Anglo-Saxon vernacular authors. As a full-length study of I

The first full-length examination of the medieval Charlemagne tradition in the literature and culture of medieval England, from the Chanson de Roland to Caxton.

An interdisciplinary collection of essays examining Irish and Anglo-Saxon art in the early medieval period.