Talk:Bard
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Were celtic monarchs always male, or does this article need adjusting for non-sexist language? Martin
- Yes, they were.
- No, Celtic rulers were not always male; s.v. Boudicca, and Cathmadua, and, delving into pseudo-mythic history, Medb.
DigitalMedievalist 06:22, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC) Lisa
This needs revision; bards are either Irish or Welsh; there's some conflation with the role of the filidh. The English closest equivalent to the Celtic bard is the scop; the traveling minstrel, much later in literary history what is described here as the English bard; the minstrel is roughly equivalent to the French jongleur. I'll try to help later. DigitalMedievalist 06:26, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC) Lisa
That may be true in a sense, certainly after England became distinct from Celtic culture, but the celts lived right across Britain as well as the north of western europe for some time. Surely Bards would have been common across the whole British Isles as well as france, spain etc. All these countries have areas even today that bear remnants of old celtic culture. (Cornwall, Brittany, Barcelona)
Lostsocks 15:05, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stray text
Removing this bit of stray text. It looks like someone who didn't know how was trying to insert a reference, but what remains is incomplete and simply displays as an orphaned phrase within the article.
- <references /> The Making of Modern Ireland, J. C. Beckett.
If anyone knows what this belongs to, feel free to reinsert it as a proper reference. 12.22.250.4 21:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Someone revert this page.
