Isle of the saints: monastic settlement and christian community in early ireland
Auteur :
Bitel, Lisa M.
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801424717
Date de publication :
16 oct. 1990
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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...