ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2112-7740 Abstract: Sixteenth century Gaelic Ireland is not normally associated with Celtic Studies. The aim of this paper is to show that not only can it be included, but it can also produce many useful insights for Celtic Studies. Using as an illustration a minor skirmish which occurred during the Nine Years War in Ireland, this paper will show how what at first may seem straightforward questions can be problematised, while also shedding a light on identity in sixteenth-century Ireland. Finally, the question of Gaelic contractualism is examined. This concept was quite widespread in Europe during the Renaissance and the later Medieval period, and in the works of sixteenth-century Spanish writers, notably Vitoria and Suárez, it gained a sophistication and radicalism not found in Hobbes or Locke. In Gaelic contractualism, the contract was not something rhetorical, or established in a distant past, rather it was dynamic, and allowed for a change of allegiance.

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姓名和社会契约：盖尔语晚期爱尔兰和凯尔特研究

ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2112-7740 摘要：16 世纪盖尔爱尔兰通常与凯尔特研究无关。本文的目的是表明它不仅可以包含在内，而且还可以为凯尔特研究提供许多有用的见解。本文以爱尔兰九年战争期间发生的小规模冲突为例，说明最初看似简单的问题如何被问题化，同时也阐明了 16 世纪爱尔兰的身份认同问题。最后，考察了盖尔契约主义的问题。这个概念在文艺复兴时期和中世纪后期的欧洲相当普遍，在 16 世纪西班牙作家，特别是维多利亚和苏亚雷斯的作品中，它获得了霍布斯或洛克所没有的复杂性和激进主义。