@inbook{f91a45a34c8d4b338298f6578f3492f8,
title = "Creating the People: History and Myth in the National Literatures of Medieval Britain and Ireland",
abstract = "Surveying a range of literary texts written in the vernacular languages of medieval Britain, this chapter is concerned with the ways in which the peoples of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales defined themselves in opposition to the dominant state power of England. Countering the Latin historical tradition which positioned British history as English history, writers working in Irish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh constructed origin myths and literary traditions that worked to build local communities and regional identities. Though the territories clustered around England were far from united in their political structures, they came together as peoples to resist the imperial ambitions of the English state.",
author = "Helen Fulton",
year = "2025",
month = dec,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1017/9781009299671",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781009299688",
series = "Themes in British Literature and Culture",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
pages = "159--174",
editor = "Benjamin Kohlmann and Matthew Taunton",
booktitle = "The People and British Literature",
address = "United Kingdom",
}