Brendan Smith

British Columbia Children's Hospital

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<i>The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn</i> (review)

The Catholic historical review (2008)

Brendan Smith

Reviewed by: The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn Brendan Smith The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn. Edited and translated by Bernadette Williams (Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2007. Pp. 303. $75.00.) Historians of late medieval Ireland make frequent reference to the annals of the Kilkenny Franciscan, John Clyn, in their work and will be delighted to have this new edition at their disposal. Not only is it supported by a parallel English translation, copious footnotes, and a helpful bibliography, but it also boasts an introduction that encompasses one-third of the entire volume, and that suggests many interesting lines of future research. The same historians will be pleased to know that the editor, Bernadette Williams, is now engaged in producing an edition of the other main medieval Irish annal of settler [End Page 562] English provenance, the Pembridge or Dublin annals. Making key texts such as these accessible is essential if study of this period, which has withered in Irish universities in recent years, is to be pursued at a scholarly level by future generations. Dr Williams' intense familiarity with the text allows her to make persuasive arguments about its manuscript tradition, the career of its compiler, and the nature of the chronicle itself, though it is unfortunate that more is not said about where Clyn's annals sit in the contemporary milieu of Franciscan chronicle writing in the British Isles as a whole. Such contextualization is, by contrast, a particularly strong feature of her discussion of some of the ways in which the text can be used by historians: issues such as feud, reputation, loyalty and betrayal, and knighthood are commonplace in discussions of political society in fourteenth-century Britain and France, but have yet to be fully explored in Ireland. There is less excuse for such conservatism with this edition of Clyn now in hand. It is unfortunate in a work of such importance that so many mistakes are included in its pages. Robin Frame is thanked for having read an early draft, but one can be certain that that careful scholar was not involved at the proofing stage. Typographical errors, words and passages omitted or repeated, and poor syntax are all too common, as for instance at pages 66, 70, 89, 103 (repeated at 180), 105, and 107. Clyn's arithmetical failings with regard to the date of Richard Marshal's death (p. 156) go uncorrected, and the editor herself misdates the death of Edward II to 1328 at p. 188, n. 74. Poor Roger Mortimer, first earl of March, fares particularly badly, appearing in the translation—but not the original—as Richard on p. 200 and Robert on p. 228. Individually these are minor matters, but the cumulative effect is to leave the reader less sure than he would like to be of the reliability of much of what is before him. This is a great pity, because despite these problems, this is a very good edition of a very important text. Brendan Smith University of Bristol Copyright © 2008 The Catholic University of America Press

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Contextualization

10.1353/cat.0.0115

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Addressing Health Equity in Health Impact Assessment

PsycEXTRA Dataset (2012)

Brendan Smith

Equity

Health Impact Assessment

10.1037/e507502013-199

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Wetlands need people: a framework for understanding and promoting Australian indigenous wetland management

Ecology and Society (2018)

Michelle L. Pyke Sandy Toussaint Paul Close R. John Dobbs Irene Davey

Pyke, M. L., S. Toussaint, P. G. Close, R. J. Dobbs, I. Davey, K. George, D. Oades, D. Sibosado, P. McCarthy, C. Tigan, B. Angus (Jnr), E. Riley, D. Cox, Z. Cox, B. Smith, P. Cox, A. Wiggan, and J. Clifton. 2018. Wetlands need people: a framework for understanding and promoting Australian indigenous wetland management. Ecology and Society 23(3):43. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10283-230343

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10.5751/es-10283-230343

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Before reform and revival: English government in late medieval Ireland

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The Priory of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland, 1172-1541: Land, Patronage and Politics

The English Historical Review (2009)

Brendan Smith

Journal Article The Priory of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland, 1172–1541: Land, Patronage and Politics Get access The Priory of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland, 1172–1541: Land, Patronage and Politics, by Arlene Hogan ( Dublin: Four Courts P., 2008; pp. 432. £60). Brendan Smith Brendan Smith University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXIV, Issue 509, August 2009, Pages 937–938, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cep212 Published: 01 August 2009

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10.1093/ehr/cep212

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Reviews of Books:Divided Gaels: Gaelic Cultural Identities in Scotland and Ireland c.1200-c.1650 Wilson McLeod

The American Historical Review (2004)

Brendan Smith

10.1086/531040

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El camino desde Génova

Tim Costello Jeremy Brecher Brendan Smith

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Burial in Medieval Ireland, 900-1500. A review of the written sources. Book review.

The Welsh History Review / Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru (2000)

Brendan Smith

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Plantagenet Ireland. By Robin Frame. Pp 384. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2022. €55.

Irish Historical Studies (2022)

Brendan Smith

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10.1017/ihs.2022.27

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Data Shadows and Digital Personae: Alienated Figures of User Identity in Social Media

Brendan Smith

This paper attempts to briefly synthesize an understanding of social media through the lens of Marxist alienation. What is the usefulness of applying Marx’s theory of alienation to critical social media studies, and what are its limitations? This paper aims to trace possible meanings of alienation and how they relate to processes of identity commodification on social media platforms. By distinguishing two types of digital identity characteristic of social media, this paper outlines possible conditions of objective and subjective alienation, as well as their political, economic, and social implications.

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