Author: T. M. Charles-EdwardsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521363950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
A fully documented history of Ireland and the Irish from the fifth to the ninth centuries.
Early Christian Ireland
Author: T. M. Charles-EdwardsPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521363950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
A fully documented history of Ireland and the Irish from the fifth to the ninth centuries.
Cáin Adamnáin
Author: Kuno MeyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Early Christian Ireland
Author: Máire De PaorEarly Christian Ireland: Introduction to the Sources
Author: Kathleen HughesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Pre-Christian Ireland
Author: Peter HarbisonPublisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500278093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Tells the story of human settlement in Ireland from its beginnings 10,000 years ago to St Patrick's Christianizing mission in the 5th century AD. This is interwoven with accounts of major excavations at sites such as Carrowmore, Rathgall and Navan Fort.
Isle of the Saints
Author: Lisa M. BitelPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501711776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual world of medieval Irish monks on the Christian frontier of barbarian Europe. Lisa Bitel draws on accounts of saints' lives written between 800 and 1200 to explain, from the monks' own perspective, the social networks that bound them to one another and to their secular neighbors.
Early Christian Ireland
Author: Eleanor HullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Early Christian art in Ireland
Author: Margaret MacNair StokesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Author: Thomas CahillPublisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307755134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
The Modern Traveller to the Early Irish Church
Author: Kathleen HughesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The monastic sites of early Christian Ireland have always been an attraction to visitors. Now issued in a new edition, this book is intended for use by those who wish to understand the religious and secular life of early Ireland. The authors have used the site remains and historical source material to reconstruct the life of Irish monks and laymen from the fifth to the twelfth centuries. Here the reader will find treatments of the function of monasteries in early Ireland, the daily life of their inhabitants, and the significance of their art and sculpture. The appendices include a county-by-county guide to the most interesting early Christian sites.