<jats:p>During the ninth century, Iona’s ancient role as the administrative and jurisdictional center of a united, pan-Gaelic<jats:italic>familia Iae</jats:italic>was brought to an end when it was superseded in Ireland by Kells and in what was to become known as Alba by...

In reaent years a number of studies have examined the function of heroic narratives in the propaganda of empire and the construction of "Britishness." Graham Dawson has argued that such narratives "became myths of nationhood itself providing a cultural focus around whic...

The rise of the Anglo-German antagonism before the First World War has become a commonplace in the historical literature.' It has also been argued that the growth in the antagonism was accompanied by a rise in negativity in the British historiography's treatment of Germ...