Isle of the Saints : Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland /

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 th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bitel, Lisa M., 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
600-1500
Monasticism and religious orders > Ireland > History.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Irlande > Histoire.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Monasticism and religious orders
Ireland > Church history > 600-1500.
Irlande > Histoire religieuse > 600-1500.
Ireland
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages) : 10 halftones, 4 maps
ISBN:9781501711770
1501711776

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