Early Celtic Christianity / / Brendan Lehane
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| Autore: |
Lehane Brendan
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| Titolo: |
Early Celtic Christianity / / Brendan Lehane
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] ; ; New York, [New York] : , : Continuum, , 2005 |
| ©2005 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 274.15/02 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Ireland Church history To 1172 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; I: European Background; II: Pagan Ireland; III: The Awakening of Ireland; IV: The Sailor Saint; V: The Organisation-Abbot; VI: Iona and Lindisfarne; VII: France; VIII: The Path to Rome; IX: Trial; X: After the Verdict; Chronological Table; References; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This lively and original account of early Celtic Christianity - which was of far greater importance in the development of Western culture than we commonly realize - is told against the background of European history of the first seven centuries A.D. It focuses on the lives of Saints Brendan, Columba, and Columbanus, who lived active and effective lives in the cause of the early Church. Brendan, one of the founding fathers of Christianity in Ireland, was known in legend as a voyager and was thought to have reached the Western Hemisphere long before the Vikings. Columba took Celtic Christianity |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Early Celtic Christianity |
| ISBN: | 1-283-20778-8 |
| 9786613207784 | |
| 1-4411-9318-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826151303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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