Isle of the saints : monastic settlement and Christian community in early Ireland / Lisa M. Bitel.
By: Bitel, Lisa M
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BookPublisher: Cork : Cork University Press, 1990Description: xvi, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1859180175.Subject(s): Monasticism and religious orders -- Ireland -- History | Ireland -- Church history -- 600-1500DDC classification: 274.15 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 274.15 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00017673 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The first book on Irish monasticism to recreate the harsh yet richly spiritual world of medieval Irish monks.
Bibliography: (pages 249-261) and indexes.
Introduction: The saints and the sources -- Part one: Settlement -- Monastic settlement -- The monastic enclosure -- Part two: The community -- The monastic family -- Clientship and the division of labor -- Saints, kings and social order -- Spirituales Medici -- The politics of hospitality -- Exile and pilgrimage -- Epilogue.