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Prof Paul Russell
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Pembroke College Emeritus Professor Learned Society of Wales

Prof Paul Russell

Professor of Celtic Emeritus

Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic • Faculty of English • University of Cambridge

World-renowned specialist in Celtic linguistics, medieval Welsh language and literature, early Irish glossaries, Insular Latin literature (especially Gerald of Wales), onomastics, and text editing. Co-investigator on the AHRC-funded Early Irish Glossaries Database (EIGD) and The Latin Arthur.

Areas of Specialism & Research
Medieval Welsh & Middle Breton Insular Latin & Gerald of Wales Comparative Celtic Linguistics Early Irish Glossaries (Sanas Cormaic) Breton & Cornish Onomastics
pr270@cam.ac.uk
Pembroke College / Faculty of English
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Oxford Medieval Texts

Gerald of Wales: On the Deeds of Gerald (De gestis Giraldi)

Edited & translated with J. Currie and T. Charles-Edwards (Oxford, 2023)

Comprehensive Latin edition and translation of Gerald's autobiographical chronicle, recounting his diplomatic missions, papal appeals, and fight for the bishopric of St Davids.

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Brepols Publishers

Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Medieval Brittany, 450–1200

Edited with Caroline Brett and Fiona Edmonds (Turnhout: Brepols, 2023)

Connections and Disconnections. Exploring the language, charters, saints' cults, and political culture of early medieval Brittany.

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Routledge Textbook

An Introduction to the Celtic Languages

Longman Linguistics Library (Routledge)

The standard authoritative introduction to Goidelic (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx) and Brythonic (Welsh, Breton, Cornish) phonology, morphology, and historical development.

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University of Wales Press

Vita Griffini Filii Conani: The Medieval Latin Life of Gruffudd ap Cynan

Edited with critical study (Cardiff: UWP)

Critical edition, translation, and historical commentary on the Latin biography of Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd (d. 1137).

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AHRC Project

Early Irish Glossaries Database (EIGD)

Co-Investigator

Comprehensive corpus of medieval Irish lexicographical texts, glosses, and etymologies, facilitating advanced search across manuscript witnesses.

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AHRC Research Network

The Latin Arthur

Co-Investigator

A comprehensive survey and analysis of medieval Latin texts celebrating King Arthur, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, and Latin chronicles.

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