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The legacy of Gildas : constructions of authority in the early medieval West /
Gildas is an essential witness to the Christian culture of the British Isles in the opaque period after the decline and fall of the western Roman empire. His criticisms in De excidio Britanniae of the Britons in the context of spiritual and secular corruption and partition with pagan powers are a cr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Martlesham :
The Boydell Press,
2022.
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| Colección: | Studies in Celtic history ;
43 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures<br>Preface and Acknowledgements<br>List of Abbreviations<br>Introduction<br>1. Narratives for Early Medieval Britain and Ireland<br>2. Images of Gildas<br>3. Gildas's <i>De excidio</i>
- Authority and the Monastic Ideal<br>4. Columbanus and Gregory the Great<br>5. Gildas and the<i> Hibernensis</i><br>6. Bede and Gildas<br>Conclusion: The Legacy of Gildas<br>Appendix: <i>De communicatione Gildas</i><br>Bibliography<br>Index